Word: demanding
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Socialists demand the whole product of labor, and the right to work on wages. It is admitted that the present distribution of wealth is wrong, but municipal control would do nothing to change this evil. Citizens would be forced to invest money drawn from them by taxation in this public venture, without realizing any interest on their investment for several years...
...American college. No one in Class A may compete in Class B, but any one in Class B may compete in Class A. The Committee reserves to itself the right to award the two prizes of $1000 and $500 to undergraduates if the merits of the papers demand...
...goods that they purchase are made. She showed the difficulty the Consumers' League had experienced in attempting to pass a bill through the federal legislature, that was finally declared unconstitutional, which should prevent goods made under child labor in one state from passing into another. Owing to the great demand for white factory hands in the South and to a lack of inspectors, conditions are such that large numbers of very young children are found employed in factories. It is the purpose of the Consumers' League to lessen these evils as far as possible...
...idea of forming the Intercollegiate Civic League, which was started exactly one year ago. The three aims of the League are non-partisanship, the promotion of honest citizenship and the elevation of poltical life. Mr. Jesup showed how the two great present issues of immigration and capital and labor demand that every man take an active and not a passive interest in the government of the country. He pointed out that the responsibility in the home, being the unit of our social life, is a phase of citizenship which cannot be ignored, and that to shirk from the responsibility...
Owing to the unusually heavy demand for seats at the Harvard-Yale hockey game at the St. Nicholas Rink in New York, February 16, it has been found necessary to place admissions (without seat privilege) on sale at $1 apiece. By this arrangement it will be possible for every Harvard graduate and undergraduate to obtain admission to the game, even after the reserved seats have given...