Word: depending
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...brant, on which, because they have been so hard hit by the disappearance of eel grass (TIME, Aug. 21), the Advisory Board recommended a closed season; 2) on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, where most natural duck food has disappeared, and in the built-up Illinois valley, wintering waterfowl depend on sportsmen's grain for their food supply; 3) stoppage of baiting would close many a shooting club, throw many a bayman and other attendant out of work, stifle a market for millions of bushels of U.S. farmers' corn...
...when it has been conceded that the worker is at a disadvantage and not always able to strike a fair bargain, hence "collective bargaining," why has no legislation been enacted which will protect persons seeking domestic employment who invariably are in dire circumstances and with no one to depend upon, when there are so many employers willing to take advantage of the situation...
...striking out 17 batters in one game. The Giants under Manager Bill Terry, who has organized the best pitching staff in the league, have unexpectedly stayed in first place against harder-hitting teams like Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Chicago. Last week the Giants made it clear that they do not depend entirely on defensive skill by thrashing Philadelphia 18 to 1 twice...
...join the U. S. on a standard of managed currency and commodity money. "Revaluation of the dollar in terms of American commodities," he wrote, "is an end from which the Government and people of the United States cannot be diverted. . . . The exchange value of the dollar will ultimately depend upon the success of other nations in raising the prices of their own commodities in terms of their national money...
...that Utica is the only large city in the State where the birth rate increased last year (up to 17.9 in 1932 from 17.7 in 1931 per 1,000 population). New York City's ratio declined to 15.3 from 16.2 per 1,000, worried realtors and landlords who depend on population increases...