Word: latters
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Saying that this will be his "first real vacation" since 1919, Dean Hanford plans to go to Vermont for the first part of his sabbatical, and to the eastern part of Maryland during the latter part of the half-year. During that time he plans to got a complete rest, and to do a considerable amount of reading in government...
Mussolini had long been a leading beneficiary of the well-known schizophrenia afflicting U. S. foreign-trade policy; while trying to throttle exports to totalitarian States, Washington has simultaneously tried to stimulate crop exports too. To serve the latter purpose, the U. S. Export-Import Bank gave Italy a credit of $1,567,022 last June, which enabled her to double her cotton purchases here in the first six months of war. It also freed enough Italian cash to buy other things. From last September through February, U. S. shipments to Italy totaled $43,686,000, 54% more than...
...account of science's various unsolved problems is skillfully and intelligently presented; but of even greater interest are Professor Haldane's brief studies in politics, religion, Marxism and a philosophy of life. These bespeak a wisdom, sanity and deep humanitarianism form which his progressivism logically proceeds. And the latter without the former is useless...
...prescribe terms of remuneration, hours of labor and conditions of service." Under this provision plans were laid to send thousands of unemployed Britons, who have never in their lives mined coal, to the pits. In addition, some 65,000 women in Northwest Britain were to become munitions workers. The latter would be billeted in nearby homes, housewives mobilized to cook for them...
Most of Dr. Ziuf's letter is not pertinent to the issue of class-room abuse. His attack on teachers who show themselves to be pro-Ally is merely a part of his larger attack on the "Benedict Arnolds." The latter phrase refers, in his letter, to "the unpaid efforts of thousands of Americans to conduct pro-Ally propaganda." In effect, anyone who supports a policy of aid to the Allies in the present juncture is a traitor. The use of this epithet invites attention to Dr. Zipf's remarks on "emotional involvement...