Word: governed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...speech will include a discussion of the common law and statutes which govern labor-management relations today and will be followed next week by a forum on "How Can We Mitigate Industrial Strikes...
...British failure to put Greece back on its political and economic feet was inevitable. All the British ever had a chance to do, or ever tried to do, was to maintain a minimum of order until the Greeks found leaders of sufficient wisdom and moderation to govern. The roster of current Greek political figures holds little hope for the future...
Afternoon Musings. In the afternoons, the deputies for Germany progressed even more slowly. Three conflicting views on the future of Germany had emerged. Russia wants an economically weak Germany with a tightly controlling central government. France is pressing for maximum decentralization in a weak confederation of weak German states. The U.S. and Britain, shying away from either extreme, want a central authority strong enough to govern, superimposed on states which are independent only in local affairs. Britain and the U.S. want the Ruhr to be under German political rule, although both are moving closer to the French proposal for international...
...think this is as good a time and place as any to terminate speculation regarding me in a political way. I'm assuming that the office of Secretary of State ... is nonpolitical, and I will govern myself accordingly. I will never become involved in political matters, and therefore I never can be considered as a candidate for political office...
...peasants at every stop to stand fast and pay no taxes. "Some of you are afraid your land will be confiscated," he said in one speech. "What is confiscation? Will they take away your lands to England?" In another speech he set forth the principle that was to govern every Congress struggle of the future: "Every home must be a Congress office and every soul a Congress organization." Under Patel's orders the peasants' buffaloes, which the Government might have taken, were brought right into the peasants' houses. No servants would work for the Government collectors. Nobody...