Word: favorities
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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This is the statement that I objected to allowing interest groups to be represented in the National Labor Relations Board because it "would swing the balance of power too far in favor of the employer." My objection to the proposed reconstruction of the Board along interest group lines is based upon the character of the functions which the Board performs. The Board is a quasi-judicial agency and is expected to enforce certain definite prohibitions. The conventional interest group composition of labor boards works well, if at all, only when the functions of the Board so organized are mediatory...
With the Rebel capture of Catalonia complete, Premier Negrin, determined to hold out in central Loyalist Spain until he can wangle the best possible terms out of Generalissimo Franco or until international developments-i.e., war or the threat of war between Italy and France-turn the tide in favor of Loyalist Spain, announced his intention to go to Madrid and continue the struggle. Again France indulged in a friendly gesture to General Franco and informed Premier Negrin that no special plane would be allowed to remove him from French soil. Again the Premier found a way out. With...
...majority of French-Canadians are Roman Catholics, and that the Pope is in Rome. We French-Canadians are Normans, not Latins, but we have become Latinized over a long period of years. The French-Canadians are Fascists by blood, but not by name. The Latins have always been in favor of dictators...
...problems of contemporary life is whether the movies should help people to solve, or forget, contemporary problems. Most Hollywood producers favor forgetfulness. Consequently, films which are even remotely concerned with social problems are rarities. Last week's big cinema news was the simultaneous opening of two such pictures...
...present emphasis on victorious teams, the idea of a new trophy which would be presented to the house with the largest percentage participation in the athletic program has been suggested. This type of trophy would greatly aid in the success of the House Athletic Program in that it would favor the house which had the most rather than the best men on the field. Thus it would be in keeping with the original conception of house athletics which, far from producing athletes of varsity calibre, was to give each undergraduate an opportunity to compete in organized athletics. At the same...