Word: insists
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...however, that Juniors and Seniors follow Mr. Hanford's reasonable request to use moderation in their exercise of the privileges, especially as this is the first opportunity for the plan to be tried out on a fair basis. If toleration is to continue in force, those blythe spirits who insist on leaving early and returning late, must see to it that no sustained rise takes place in the general academic curve of class-cutting...
...N.S.L. meeting held last night in the Adams House upper common room, the following resolution was passed: "We protest against the continued refusal of the University to provide the Commuters with such social facilities as will enable them to take part in the University life; we insist that the University provide them with a free house...
...with Long and Townsend and the radical wing of the Democratic party do not seem to have pushed government legislation far enough to the left to satisfy the demands of certain groups among the electorate. For now introduced into Congress is the Lundeen Bill, a bill that its enthusiasts insist is the only compromise of the capitalistic system and the necessary antitoxin for depression...
...expense of a project to supply commuters with suitable quarters is the most important consideration. The University should not be expected to bear the entire burden but should rightly insist that some portion of the total expense should be borne by those benefitting. A not unreasonable expenditure could be made by the University's contribution of a building for the use of the commuters. The maintenance of the quarters could be delegated to those who make use of them without any great burden to those concerned...
...labor. They believe that if left to themselves they could turn the suspension of the anti-trust laws to profitable account. They also want to write their own ticket-fix prices, suppress competition, even deal as they like with labor. "Give us the privileges for which we bargained," they insist, "or we cannot be expected to give the U. S. the benefits of prosperity...