Word: far
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...spokesmen proposed not only to continue checking off (i. e., collecting) the dues of Lewis miners, but to deduct an equal amount from nonmembers' paychecks as well and hand it over to the union. In addition, they would promise to deal only with the Lewis union in so far as the Wagner Act permits. John Lewis pondered it, finally agreed with his own lawyers that it was probably illegal...
...originally told Congress the building would cost $250.000. So far, after several changes of plan, it has cost $544,000. Per cubic foot it cost 43½?, compared to 20? per cubic foot for the nearby Federal Building. Of 1,049 workers on the project's pay roll, only 17.7% were Reliefers; the balance was high-paid labor...
Scores of German "journalists," far outnumbering those of any other nationality, live in Great Britain, but relatively few have ever been seen at a press conference or been known to ask for an interview. British newspapers have long buzzed with reports that there are 500 Nazi agents...
...early-to-bed Lou Gehrig, son of a German-born Manhattan janitor, became famed as Base ball's Iron Horse. He played in 2,130 consecutive games (besides seven World Series and hundreds of exhibition games)-a record that no baseballer has ever approached or perhaps ever will.* Far more important than his record for durability, however, is Gehrig's batting record: 1,991 runs driven in (100 runs or more a year for 13 years), 2,721 hits (1,192 of them for extra bases), 1,886 runs (including 494 home runs), a lifetime batting average...
Adoption agencies choose parents with great care, usually prefer couples around 30 years of age who are in good health, have secure incomes and sunny dispositions and homes. Although there is no rule against giving children to well-settled single persons, the demand for children far exceeds the supply and childless couples have first choice. Greatest difficulty agencies have is discouraging people over 50, who insist on adopting infants. Average age of foster parents, however, is around 40, since most persons wait for adoption until they are convinced that they can have no children of their own. Great- est favorites...