Word: employer
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...been previously announced that the Pudding planned to eliminate New York entirely from its tour. Littell explained last night that two years of trouble with non-union halls in New York had forced the decision. Most downtown halls employ union labor...
...also likes to manufacture verbs (e.g., to casualize-to employ casual labor), make up opposites (diseconomy, derestrict), and use unnecessary nouns as escapee ("We already have escaper"). He indulges recklessly in the not un-habit (not unjustifiably, not unduly unreasonable), shilly-shallies hopelessly in the apparent belief that "mistiness is the mother of safety." Thus, he will write, "In transmitting this matter to the Council the Minister feels that it may be of assistance to them to learn that, as at present advised, he is inclined to the view that, in existing circumstances, there is, prima facie, a case...
Three years ago, Manager Bing had hired Dancer Janet Collins to be his prima ballerina, making her the first Negro artist on the Met roster in any capacity. He expects to employ other Negro singers if they "are right for the roles." Said Marian Anderson, as usual referring to herself with the modest impersonal pronoun: "Now one is speechless." Would her place in Met history be comparable to Jackie Robinson's in baseball? "One hopes so," she said. "It would be a matter of pride...
...glockenspiel, by the way, inspired one of the better-known of Mal's remarks to the band: "That sounds like an anvil calling its mate." On the eye of the 30th reunion, he came up with another: "It's squad with depth. We should be able to employ both offensive and defensive glockenspiels. The show should be tremendous. In fact, it will probably sound like a dozen factories in action at once...
...constitutionality, the recent Supreme Court decision in the Oklahoma Loyalty Oath case declares unconstitutional any action making membership in a lawful organization in and of itself grounds for disqualification for state employ...