Word: assisted
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...necessary to assist [newspapermen] when accidents occur on our system which they necessarily must report because of the news interest involved. It shall be the policy of the operations department not to conflict in any way when newspapermen require photographs. . . . [The operations man] should be careful to give facts and not conclusions of the accident. In any event, he should not . . . allow himself to be quoted in any statement concerning the accident. Newspapers will cooperate in this regard if the operations man explains that he will be glad to give information concerning the accident but the reporter must protect...
Milwaukee's two biggest dailies outdid themselves in their enthusiasm to "assist parents in finding things for children to do" while underfoot at home. Hearst's Wisconsin News elaborately offered each day's lessons to the 25,000 marooned tots. The Journal got primary teachers themselves to broadcast to their pupils twice daily...
...policy of soliciting undergraduate opinion would be of primary importance in evaluating new courses. With an increasing number of candidates for honors, and a supposedly maturer undergraduate body, student reaction can be counted on to assist professors in the difficulties inevitable in the presentation of material from novel standpoints. There is definite need for closer relations between the faculty and the undergraduates, and there is no question that if the latter's cooperation is encouraged, a thoroughly worth while liaison may be effected...
Britons who have "only political minds" or are "lacking the dedicated Black Shirt spirit," Sir Oswald announced, can belong to the great second rank of his party. "This organization," said Sir Oswald, "will be to create propaganda machinery and assist in electioneering. It will work parallel with the dedicated Black Shirts who will use it for Fascism...
...celebration and advise the members on the handling of their part in the ceremonies. The Society is scheduled to play an important part in the 1936 celebration commemorating Harvard's founding, and hopes to be able to cooperate with University officials in handling the many difficult arrangements, and to assist by gathering interesting historical data...