Word: equips
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...following the advice of the writer of these articles. Seniors will avoid the unhappiness arising from ignorance of the right idea about business methods, and will better equip themselves to combat the difficulties of securing their first positions in the present period of extreme depression...
...unemployed at the present time, of whom 100,000 are women and 250,000 come from agriculture and the building trades where seasonal unemployment prevails. I am opposed to the dole. I prefer relief in the form of public works which substantially increase the efficiency of our national economic equip ment. The dole tends the workers to idleness." Prosperity: "I am confident that the peace of the world will be preserved, and that before long a new era of prosperity will dawn; and in this assurance I bid goodby to those who have listened to my message...
...school of oceanography at Wood's Hole has been founded with the gift of $2,500,000 granted by the Rockefeller Foundation at the recommendation of the National Academy of Sciences. One million is to be used to build and equip the school, $1,000,000 for a permanent endowment fund, and $500,000 as a special operating fund for the first decade, to be paid in annual installments...
...Mars, Iowa, the probated will of T. M. Zink, deceased attorney, revealed:1) His $100,000 estate is to be placed in trust for 75 years; 2) In A. D. 2005 the accumulated principal is to be used to establish, equip and maintain a library on whose shelves will be no woman author, on whose catalogs will be no woman's name, over whose portal will blaze: "No Women Admitted"; 3) To his daughter went $5; 4) To his widow...
...useful service in the world, then, is Harvard's goal; to equip them with the faculties necessary to stand on their own feet, to fight the battle of life, to meet unexpected situations, to overcome obstacles that are regarded as insurmountable. Someone defined education as "what remains behind when you have forgotten all that you have learned." What is it that remains behind? It is your ability to think, to diagnose, your creating power, your will, your ability to concentrate, your mental equipment gained from training, study, and experience...