Word: gainful
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...decided upon purely legal grounds in reference to patent laws but for the student and professional man it has ethical and scientific ramifications with which the courts will be unconcerned. To quote from a scientific journal the question involved: "Shall universities allow their professors to use for private gain scientific and medical discoveries made under university auspices on tax-free premises?" is a pertinent problem for institutions of higher learning and research...
...question that must be answered according to ethical considerations and standards. Whose rights should be given first consideration, those of humanity as a whole, or those of a selfish individual seeking private and greedy gain? Should a man be restricted from improving on life-saving inventions merely because an individual has secured a patent to assure his own gains? Scientists pool their knowledge. No discovery is made by an individual unaided by the vast background supplied by preceding men engaged in research. The one who culminates the achievement is more fortunate but not necessarily more worthy of credit or gain...
...definite possibilities, and there doesn't seem to be any danger of the Cadets providing another 46-0 trackmeet on Saturday. But the trouble is, how is the Varsity ever going to score against a major opponent like the Army? On the past weekend Harvard had a net gain of 29 yards against the Tigers' 333. Princeton's distance was somewhat to be expected, but the Crimson will have to show something a lot better if they are going to provide a winning score. Freddy Moseley again displayed his talents, but for the rest, its up to Casey...
...just two years before had won a tremendous Presidential victory. As a result of the 1932 election the House today stands 308 Democrats to 113 Republicans, the Senate 60 Democrats to 35 Republicans. By all the traditions of U. S. politics. Chairman Fletcher and his G. O. Partisans should gain seats in 1934. Yet so strong still was the name of Roosevelt with the electorate and so weak were the program and personalities of his political opponents that it was generally agreed that the Republicans would probably lose anywhere up to five more seats in the Senate and could consider...
Even F. W. Dodge's building figures, which do not include all of the small repair work which FHA is promoting, showed a clean 100% gain for alterations and additions in the first nine months of 1934. FHAdministrator James Andrew Moffett's desk was high-piled with such messages as: ''Sacramento reports 1,000 increased employment in the building trades this month over last. Material dealers extremely busy and painters not to be had.''* Companies like Johns-Manville, National Radiator. U. S. Radiator, Sears Roebuck, were all cashing in on the great drive...