Word: aims
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...aim of the Guffey Act was to revive the NRA Coal Code. To do so it: 1) imposed a 15% tax on coal production but granted a rebate of all but one-tenth of the tax to producers who abided by the coal code; 2) directed that the code should stipulate minimum wages and hours of labor in the mines; 3) empowered the code to fix minimum and, in some cases, maximum prices for coal...
...Biblical times, thousands of men met in the middle of a plain and slashed one another until only a few were left standing. Today, the primary aim is not to kill but to incapacitate. And poison gas is an ideal method of achieving that aim...
...transferring this knowledge to students. In order to increase the research angle, an arrangement has been made whereby anyone on the faculty with a three year appointment (or more) can secure a year's leave of absence on full pay for study on some special subject. Thus the definite aim here is to raise the scholastic standing of Harvard...
Indeed, Premier Albert Sarraut called for reassurances from Leon Blum, millionaire Socialist leader of the Popular Front. Professing surprise that uncertainty surrounded his program, that cultured old Jew announced: "The entire efforts of the Popular Front aim at reviving all the sources of national activity. And such revival is impossible without large confidence from the country itself. Therefore, we would be going directly against our own aims were we to precipitate disorders and tumult...
...particular book or books will be stressed, officials pointed out. The aim of the exhibit is to relate the displays to the University's function of education. The human side of source materials will be featured. "We are not interested in singling out specific books or particular titles," Mr. Walton said. "We are seeking to show groupings of books and their influence on education in the broader sense...