Word: favorable
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Elmer Andrews' lawyers have also filed six civil suits, obtained four settlements in workers' favor by consent decrees. At the maximum, defendants in civil actions may be compelled to pay their employes twice the difference between substandard wages and the wages due under the act. In practice, when an employer consents to settle without trial, he may get off by paying the actual difference (plus court costs...
...Sutphin, who usually speaks for Assistant Secretary of the Navy Edison (TIME, Feb. 20). Republican Leader Joe Martin shrewdly held his forces in hand until he could combine them with 64 anti-Guam Democrats. The vote was 205 to 168 against Guam, and then 368 to 4 in favor of the other eleven bases. Republican Adman Bruce Barton, unable to control himself: "Guam, Guam with the Wind...
...Near and Middle East. Reason: to safeguard for Britain her empire lifeline to India and the East. So if a showdown over Palestine had to come, it has long been a good bet that Britain's empire-conscious diplomats would decide the problem of the Holy Land in favor of the Arabs...
...stole into the college gymnasium one dawn last week, began to make grim preparations. While the two freshmen stripped to the waist, companions found a pair of French fencing épées, pulled off the protective tips, sterilized the points. Business: a duel. Challenger: Freshman List. Prize: the favor of a blonde Blue Ridge co-ed known as "Little Miss America...
...supposed disadvantages of the plan, several reports have emphasized that the Houses, with one or two minor exceptions, are physically capable to accommodate the proposed number of associate members. Furthermore, Student Council investigation has proven that the out-of-house men, contrary to what was once common belief, favor the plan. Now, with their original straw scarecrows toppled, the Masters have been forced to fall back upon a nebulous euphemism--"house solidarity"--to substantiate their opposition to the associate plan. Gradually, though, even the misty outlines of this argument are crumbling as the result of official and unofficial investigation. Before...