Word: elementally
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Beveridge over Senator New in the Indiana primaries held a few weeks ago. Although the result of this election was neither as unexpected nor as significant as the election of Mr. Pinchot, it is important as being likewise a triumph for the progressive Republicans over the reactionary element. Together, the two primary elections show the existence of a wide spread dissatisfaction with present Republican politics...
...course we cannot expect the G. O. P. to blossom out suddenly with a model political organization; but undoubtedly the unexpected showing of strength on the part of the progressive element will be a lesson to those Republican leaders who are blind to signs of the times. Politicians are not hesitating to comment and have expressed many enlightening ideas. "The results in Pennsylvania indicate a political revolution", announces Senator Borah; and W. Harry Baker, Secretary of the Republican State Committee, exclaims: It was the women...
This discarding of identification numbers is directly in line with the efforts of the business world in recent years to add the subtle personal touch to its work. From banks to bakeries, and now to busses,--the human element is a goal which all strive to attain. Witness the brass plate by the grated window, when you cash a check or buy a Pullman ticket, which informs you whether it be Mr. Stevenson or Mr. Warren with whom you are doing business! All this shows a change in the state of mind of the employer towards the employee. Instead...
There are tow main undertaking that give promise of securing this element of coordination, and those undertakings constitute the essence of the Antioch Plan. First, t all the specialized calling sin which men have striven for excellence, we are adding another--the profession of coordination. The professional course we give at Antioch all centre themselves in this--the development of ability to gather together the various tangled threads of forces, conditions, and affairs which make up the elements of any potential human accomplishment, and to weave them into a perfect fabric, showing the texture and design of a preconceived play...
...simply throws several single-member districts together into one electing several members, but it allows each voter to cast only one vote. This results in giving all the voters in the district an equal share in the election of the several members and in giving each party or united element the number of seats it deserves...