Word: greater
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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John L., Lewis has swung on the textiles. Not content with tying up or bothering, to a greater or lesser degree, the coal industry, the steel industry, the automobile industry, the shoe industry, and a number of other industries. Mr. Lewis has now turned toward the 1,250,000 workers involved in the manufacture of woolen, cotton, rayon, jute, and other clothing goods. Eighting northern as well as southern manufacturers, John demands a minimum wage of eighteen dollars, four dollars higher than N.R.A., a maximum hour week of thirty-five hours, and recognition of the C.I.O...
...reported against the Teacher's Oath Law, this time favoring repeal by a vote of nine to five. This decision represents an advance over last year's count, where repeal triumphed by a single vote, and the likeli-hood of the House following the Committee's lead is far greater than before...
...press in devoting generous space to last year's intellectual convention at Cambridge. An informed guide service would be an excellent method of continuing this appeal to the public. Actual contact with the inner workings of the University, its museums and its lecture halls, ought to stimulate greater interest in higher education and a deeper appreciation of its services. Next summer, as an aftermath of the Tercentenary, there will probably be an unusually large number of visitors in comparison with former normal years, and consequently a greater demand for guides...
...corsetry has come to the fore in America, things are much worse. Paunchy old men have been taking eight inches off their waists with the Well belt for many a year now, but they at least were old men, and fully dressed. The modern trend to a greater perfection in dress, heralded by the invention of the zipper, has let down all the bars...
...Catchings had put together in 1929, were on their way to the limbo from which Floyd Odium later plucked them (TIME, April 24, 1933). It was for background information on these that SEC had called Mr. Williams. When Attorney Smith persisted in asking if the Williams "empire" was not greater in 1935 than in 1929, he apparently used a word very annoying to his smiling witness. Said Mr. Williams sharply...