Word: agreement
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Labor and Hoover of Commerce. Thus the gravest charge made at last week's conference was when Vice President Philip Murray of the United Mine Workers said that the Pittsburgh Coal Co. had "deliberately slapped the Government of the United States in the face in violating the Jacksonville agreement...
...Chancellor of the Exchequer [Winston Spencer Churchill], since the breakdown of the Conference, has stated specifically: 'Therefore we are unable now-and I hope at all future times-to international embody in a solemn international agreement any words which would bind us to the principle of mathematical parity in naval strength...
...sure that, if persisted in, this warning bangs, bolts and bars the door against any hope of fur ther agreement with the United States on naval armament." It was this attitude, said Lord Cecil, that prevented an agreement when one had "very nearly" been reached. Continued...
...herself, 'But this is still very good.' " Her mother's arrival filled her with dread. "There was no true bond of affection between mother and daughter, and it is easy to surmise that they exchanged numerous letters before arriving at an agreement on a number of capital points, notably on the figure which Mrs. Elliot would concede as the price of her board and keep...
...shown that non-scouting has failed at Harvard for want of thoroughness in the application of the theory. It has been tried and abandoned elsewhere, with Yale and Princeton--where the agreement was purely a personal one between the rival coaches as the only instance of unqualified success. Such personal agreements are still possible under Mr. Bingham's policy...