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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Furthermore, the University shattered a precendent by agreeing to require employees who have been members of the union at any time since 1938, and who are now in good standing, to retain membership in the union or leave the employ of the university. On the other hand, the College was given the right at any time to put students to work in the dining halls as a means of defraying part of their expenses...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Memories of Harvard-Union Arguments Aroused by Yale's Struggle With CIO | 10/10/1941 | See Source »

...employ two systems. First, wait till the sun comes out, then pull forth the bayonet and shake it over the head so the Italians can see the gleams. Then put the bayonet on the rifle. Second, gather shoulders-to-shoulders, take a deep breath and together shout: 'Aera! Aera!' " Aera means "wind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREECE: Plunderpraxis | 8/25/1941 | See Source »

...assessment was the handiwork of Alfred L. Kirby, professional revenue bloodhound for taxing bodies. In Hillsborough's employ, Kirby found that Mrs. Cromwell had never made a return on her intangible property, legally due ever since she was 21. She has paid some $20,000 annually on her Duke farms, her buildings, her personal property. Discoverer Kirby decided that she was also taxable not only for stocks, bonds, etc. held in her name but also as a trustee for the Duke Endowment Fund, a New Jersey trust. Stopped by law from snuffing back more than two years, the taxers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW JERSEY: Levy on a Dukedom | 7/14/1941 | See Source »

...smaller scale, he is a dutiful husband,* an ardent dog-lover, an amiable drinker, and loved by his friends. Despite Latin-American fondness for the sanguine (bullfights, the annually-produced slaughter melodrama Don Juan Tenorio, the "Day of the Dead," etc.), Cooper will not in his new job employ his weird Lights Out talent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Mouths South | 6/2/1941 | See Source »

...defense contracts on its books, and some companies, like Packard, are already as busy on defense work as on cars). Workers are being switched into making airplane engines, tanks, bomber parts, guns and shells. It has been estimated that the industry would have to employ 150,000-200,000 new men to handle the defense orders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: Quotas in Detroit | 4/28/1941 | See Source »

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