Word: indirection
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...into oratorical fervor: "We recall Jefferson's words tonight, not solely out of academic interest in a mighty battle which was won in behalf of the liberties of Americans, but because once again in this country, as abroad, freedom of press and freedom of speech is under attack-indirect, subtle attack, if you please, but nevertheless an attack which will destroy these foundation stones of our liberty unless it is repulsed...
...Effected regulation of over-the-counter security trading after three years' study by SEC. Passed by Congress just before adjournment was the Maloney bill granting SEC indirect control over 0-T-C trading through dealers' associations. The 9,000-odd active 0-T-C dealers are supposed to band together in geographical groups, draw up rules, elect officers and police themselves (all subject to SEC approval). If SEC decides that this has failed to prevent manipulation, excessive commissions, other unfair practices, it may step in. Though last week's act exempted dealers in Government, State and municipal...
...schools teach youngsters to cook, to run modern machinery. Symbolic of the Ford educational program is his carting the old cabin of William Holmes McGuffey, author of the famed readers, log by log to Greenfield, restoring it as a schoolroom with McGuffey furniture, and then supplying the building with indirect lighting and air conditioning...
...should also consider how, under present economic conditions, he can best use his training. Although the university's purpose may not be vocational, it is essential that its teaching take interest in the student by including some hint of social obligation. A far-sighted educational policy should have an indirect means of showing him what field or profession to enter and, just as important, the right locality in which to pursue it. The graduate of 1938 must be prepared to fight for a secure place in society, but he should also be aware of his relation to society. This...
...employers, scarcely any of the workers chose not to be represented by a union. It is no longer fashionable to be at the mercy of even a benevolent employer. The University should be glad that its employee relations are once more in tune with the times; and undergraduates, the indirect employers, will have to learn at first hand that important economic lesson that efficiency, high standards, and contented employees cost money--and are worth...