Word: basic
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...went to the other extreme and sought to specifically fix wage rates by its own decision. . . . The role of government in a free people . . . should be to bring together all of the economic groups involved and the leadership of both political parties and ... to develop agreement on a basic economic policy...
Canada's basic labor law-called the Wartime Labor Relations Regulations-is the counterpart of the U.S. Wagner Act, but goes farther and is much tougher. It requires employers to bargain collectively with their employes, forbids firing for union activity. But it also prohibits unions from forcing workers into joining, from promoting or engaging in slowdowns, from conducting union campaigns during working hours. And unlike the Wagner Act, it lays down a rigid procedure for handling all labor disputes...
Youth for Christ rallies combine the tried & true methods of evangelism with a streamlined box-office appeal that stresses a good deal of amateur-nightish entertainment: Bible quiz shows, sleight-of-hand performers, ventriloquists, close-harmony quartets. The basic precept: "Remember that this is Youth for Christ, and plan your program with teen-age young people in mind...
...Basic requirements for veterans of the Army, Navy, Marines, or Coast Guard may be omitted wholly or in part, with six months active service the equivalent of one year basic ROTC and with more than a year's service entitling one to enter directly into the advanced course...
More than 150 different military training programs have been evaluated by the committee in deciding on some 1500 cases that have already come before it. Barring repetition of Military Science courses already taken here, an infantryman who has undergone his regular 13-week basic training will receive credit for one full course, while the pilot officer from the Air Forces gets something like three full credits