Word: breach
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...used by employers for breach of contract and for damages in jurisdictional strikes and secondary boycotts...
There were serious obstacles to the making of a separate peace. The U.S. would be violating the agreement made at Potsdam. She would have to bring England and France along, or risk a serious breach with them. A separate peace with Germany would mean the withdrawal of troops from the U.S. zone leaving it as an unprotected area adjoining the heavily garrisoned Russian zone. Herbert Hoover clearly meant his proposal to be a last resort; but he pointed out that time was running out fast...
...disloyalty provisions of the act were invalid, he decided, since they encroached on the prerogative of the U.S. Congress. It was "fundamentally true" that the right of free speech is subject to the "proper exercise of police power," but only when there is "clear and present danger" of a breach of the peace...
...organizations have the means of resolving this dog-fight. In a fit of hope, the Student Council last fall asked them to list their activities at Phillips Brooks House. So far the request has been more honored in the breach than the observance; there have been few listings and fewer consultations. With the post-war shortage of space hampering spare-time projects, there is little reason for deliberately throttling any support that might accrue to marginal groups by over-saturating the evening hours. The remedy lies with the organizations themselves and in a little planning...
Always ready for such extra-curricular activities as football games and Commencement exercises, the Station throws extra men into the breach whenever the need arises. During Churchill's visit in the summer of 1943, all the men not on duty were placed at strategic spots along the line of march, while plainclothesmen infiltrated throughout the Yard. Police strength was increased two-thirds during the last Yale game, but here attention was directed more to stray pocketbooks than missing goalposts. The Force considers gridiron shenanigans with little concern but any attempt at dynamiting Soldiers Field is regarded as carrying seasonal jocularity...