Word: controlling
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Utopian dream of the I. W. W. movement is a universal strike, in which race lines and nations cease to be factors of importance. The realization of this ideal entails two assumptions: first, that the world's labor can be made to act together with sufficient concentration to obtain control of the centers of economic power; and second, that with the overthrow of capitalism syndicalism would be capable of stepping in and taking charge of affairs. The tendency of syndicalism to overemphasize the lateral interests of labor: that is, the interests of the crafts as a whole, and to slight...
...first speaker of the series, will address the members of the University in Emerson D, Monday. Mr. U'Ren has been known for many years as the foremost exponent in America of the principles of direct legislation, being the originator of what is called the "Oregon plan" of government control by the voters through the initiative, referendum, and recall. Dr. Harvey W. Wiley '73, former chief chemist of the Department of Agriculture, is also expected to speak at an early date...
...adult stable fly feeds exclusively on the blood of animals, and less commonly on human beings. They do not enter houses and are inactive in rainy weather. The control of the insect will probably prove very difficult, and its eradication impossible, but methods will surely be developed to reduce the number of its breeding places and to decrease its danger to human beings...
...other reasons, the army should remain in the Islands for many years to come, and that while the Moros were a race with many remarkable characteristics, they were in no way suited for self government, being accustomed to and respecting only a power which combined the civil and military control in the same hands...
...duties. His service to the state for the prevention and cure of tuberculosis was remarkable. Although past middle life, he never hesitated when the needs of the Commonwealth called him, and gave up a toilsome and exacting profession to accept a chairmanship of the State Board for Relief and Control of Tuberculosis, which entailed duties, if possible, more toilsome. His work on the Harvard Corporation was distinguished by the same thoroughness and comprehensive interest as he showed in his profession. His special committee had to do with the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and the Fogg Art Museum. He also...