Word: behalf
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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During all this time the Soviet Government have poured out through their radio, in 26 languages, enormous speeches made on their behalf, an unceasing stream of abuse upon the Western world. And they have accompanied this virulent propaganda by every action which would prevent the world's settling down into a durable peace, or the United Nations Organization playing its part as a great instrument to prevent war. Indeed, the conferences at Lake Success, perhaps prematurely, have become a sounding board at which reproaches and insults are hurled at each other by the greatest states...
...last few years he has been active in the world government movement and is on the Executive Board of United World Federalists. He spoke here in the spring of 1946 on behalf of the world government idea...
...funds--Class-by-Class, international exchange, or a national one for deserving students in the U.S.--must each involve heavy endowments to make a contribution to education paralleling by one iota the contribution of life. This holds true also for extension of medical facilities, or for monetary grants in behalf of psychological research...
...dances and athletic plans along with special administrative groups to supervise them were established on behalf of all Yardlings last night as the Union Committee met for the first time this year...
...example, one member of the Harvard Liberal Union indicated that his organization is interested in working in the forthcoming Cambridge community elections in behalf of the Reverends Hughes and Stokes, two Negro ministers who are running for school committee and city council, and who already have amassed considerable progressive and labor support in Cambridge. In this kind of campaign all Harvard progressives can cooperate with the H.L.U., crossing organizational lines and setting long range differences aside out of respect for the immediate issue. Perhaps there are more important questions facing Harvard students, but it would be heartening...