Word: effort
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...come from Chinese sources in 1942 at this season, when the tough Siberian mountain and steppeland is warm and dry, most suitable for campaigning. But now there were new reasons. Russia was drawing closer to her U.S. and British allies. Germany appeared to be preparing for a supreme effort against Russia in the west. If Russia was ever to be eliminated as a major power and threat to Japan, now was the time...
...workers (18 have Seeing Eye dogs) all at the same pay as other workers. R. A. Von Hake, vice president in charge of manufacturing, says they are "hard-hitting, dependable and capable. They seem determined to compete with or excel the physically normal workers and they put in extra effort." Two of Lockheed's blind workers proved inventive: Ted Bushnell, who runs a parts numbering machine, invented a foot pedal which upped the machine's production 50%. James Garfield devised an adjustment knob and a turn-on switch for his burring roll which have been adopted throughout...
...released from the detention camp where he had been held without hearing for 18 months. Also out of jail was the rambunctious labor demagogue Alexander Bustamante. Governor Richards announced an expansion of public works to reduce unemployment, said that a minimum-wage law would be considered and an effort made to hold living costs at 60% above the 1939 level...
...highly delicate situation that faces us in the world ... the Catholic hierarchy has indeed taken upon itself a grave responsibility in thus introducing the divisive elements of sectarianism, bigotry and religious intolerance. Lovers of democracy everywhere will be shocked at this open-handed effort to gain ecclesiastical advantage at the expense of the very principles for which free men are fighting...
...their extra effort, the professors get the Navy's praise, no extra pay. Their reactions have the variety to be expected in a democratic faculty.* Samples...