Word: gainful
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...that the Rev. Mr. McLaughlin had discussed pa tronage with the President. Could this, they asked, possibly mean that Mr. Coolidge had decided to snub the Nebraska Senators? Already four nominal Republican Senators (LaFollette, Brookhart, Ladd, Frazier) have been ejected from the party. The Democrats are almost certain to gain ground in the 1926 elections. Could the President possibly afford to cast off even the partial support of the Nebraska Senators? The President did not state...
...bankers, and in the course of the Dearborn articles accused Sapiro of being one of a "conspiracy of Jewish bankers who seek to control the food markets of the world." Indeed, according to Mr. Sapiro's declaration, he has been accused by the same publication of seeking to gain control of the markets for wheat, potatoes, hops, hay, tobacco and cotton, as well as the raisin and bean industries...
...CRIMSON competition for the Business Board, which begins tonight, offers an excellent opportunity to men who are attracted to the business side of journalism. Men who plan to go into journalism, or into any field of business, will gain useful experience in business initiation from the competition; and, if successful, they will acquire through the managership competition an even more valuable familiarity with executive responsibility. The great benefit of the competition often lies in the candidate's discovery of unsuspected business initiative; and the excellent training received will prove just as valuable in the years after college in any occupation...
...President, and yet again subject to review by the Supreme Court of the United States, that a further check was needed in the shape of power, placed in the hands of one Senator, to block all legislation-power that he might sometimes use for his own personal gain...
...National League of Women Voters met at Richmond, Va. President Belle Sherwin recorded the general chagrin that the 1924 Presidential vote was only 50.92% of the total voters-a less than 2% gain over 1920. The League had aimed to get out a 75% vote-or approximately 15,000,000 more voters than actually did their duty...