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Word: dolefully (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Dole "The stark fact before us is that great numbers still remain unemployed. . . . The lessons of history, confirmed by the evidence immediately before me, show conclusively that continued dependence upon relief induces a spiritual and moral distintegration fundamentally destructive to the national fiber. To dole out relief in this way is to administer a narcotic, a subtle destroyer of the human spirit. It is inimical to the dictates of sound policy. ... I am not willing that the vitality of our people be further sapped by the giving of cash, of market baskets, of a few hours of weekly work cutting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Broad & Sound | 1/14/1935 | See Source »

...work undertaken should be useful. . . . Compensation . . . should be ... larger than the amount now received as a relief dole but ... riot so large as to encourage the rejection of opportunities for private employment. . . . Projects should be undertaken on which a large percentage of direct labor can be used. Preference should be given to those projects which will be self-liquidating. . . . Projects . . . should be selected . . . to compete as little as possible with private enterprises...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Broad & Sound | 1/14/1935 | See Source »

There was only one crumb of comfort for Conservatives-the last two sentences in the following passage: "If a man is able and willing to work, but can get no work, provision for his security must be made. I do not mean the dole. The dole is a rotten thing!" What he did mean, the Premier said, was unemployment insurance-that being the correct name in England for what is loosely called the dole...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CANADA: Rotten Thing! | 1/14/1935 | See Source »

...morose Haakon VII could thank his stars that in 1934 his Kingdom enjoyed the largest export business since the War, nearly double the volume for 1933. Down in Copenhagen hard-jawed Christian X felt safer because Danish workmen, mostly ardent Socialists, are now only 18% enrolled upon the dole, a magnificent drop from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SCANDINAVIA: Happy Lands | 1/14/1935 | See Source »

Last week there were 5,000,000 heads-of-families on the dole...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Prophets | 1/14/1935 | See Source »

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