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Word: getting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...World, I think it was, threw Heywood Broun out of its writing staff and if more radicals were bundled together and shipped back to Russia . . . what a blessing it would be, but like Emma Goldman and her running mate, when they were deported, they . . . have been since trying to get back. Not on your life do I agree with John Dewey or any man however brilliant he may be in spots when it comes to upholding the radical and communist ideas. E. A. BRODIE...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 28, 1929 | 10/28/1929 | See Source »

...muscled "adjusters" persuaded loose milk dealers to join his association by methods not always gentle. As in rural farm cooperatives "dues" were levied upon all members. According to the city health authorities, Treasurer Fay's collections ran up to $800,000 per year. Yet he complained: "All I get out of this racket is $500 a week. It is not enough for all this worry. Besides it might affect my credit in my other lines of business." Indicted with Fay were 140 members of his Association, all unproductive city men who had learned too easily the principle which government...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Milk Racket | 10/28/1929 | See Source »

Harvard's revamped backfield will get its first test against the Green. This will probably be the only time this quartet will play as a starting backfield as Harper's return next week should again alter the backfield situation...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RENEWED SPIRIT IS SHOWN BY TEAM | 10/25/1929 | See Source »

...student to take care of his assignments at once, fall to provide for the inevitable rush which occurs just before the assignment falls due. Moreover the library complains that the lists of books handed in by the instructors often arrive so late that it is impossible to get them on the shelves in time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SHORT CHANGE | 10/25/1929 | See Source »

...these days of highly organized sport it is necessary to avoid even the suspicion of evil, and the H. A. A. has wisely concluded to get out of what has come to be looked upon as shady business. Whether it has been altogether wise to place the management of the concessions in the hands of the College Employment Office is another matter. Already there has been friction between the two organizations of a sort which augurs ill for the success of the project. After all, employment is one thing and business management quite another and it is unreasonable to suppose...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SUBSIDIES AND CONCESSIONS | 10/24/1929 | See Source »

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