Word: join
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...week's end, modest Ramadier quietly let it be known that he expected to form a government including Communists, Socialists, Radicals and right-wing independents. The M.R.P. was reluctant to join a Cabinet which would have a Communist as Defense Minister...
...talk about Communism within the C.I.O. I knew that the organization drive had to succeed. The workers were underpaid and working under bad conditions. Yet I certainly didn't want people under Communist leaders. And I knew that the Catholic workers in my parish wouldn't join the union unless we priests said it was all right. So we set out to provide leadership. We encouraged the workers to join the union. . . . Because we provided leadership in the Back of the Yards, there is little Communism there today. ... As long as we can take care of our people...
Greenburg, who with his wife owns about 23% of Diana Stores stock, attributes much of the swift rise of the company to his shrewd "good will" campaign. This calls for local store managers to hire local help, join Chambers of Commerce, become minor pillars in their respective communities. Harry Greenburg thought the best way to show his stockholders that his good will was more than skin deep was to turn down his stock options. Said Greenburg: "Money isn't everything in the world. I won't eat any more than I'm eating now if I exercise...
...fees were reasonable, they could rent it. Strickland had his bank advertise for veterans who wanted to go into such a business, granted them loans of $10,000 to $20,000 with which to buy farm equipment. He invited country banks all over the state to join him, offered to underwrite loans up to 50%. The new farm contractors also got the free advice of an agricultural expert Strickland had hired to show them how to do their job and improve the soil while doing...
...Peroy was one of America's ranking non-professionals. Invited to participate in the Olympics that year, he defeated the French foils champion, considered the world's finest, and returned to the U.S. to join the University coaching staff...