Word: lengthening
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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According to announcements made yesterday by the Committee on the Choice of Vocations, Mr. A. M. White '92 has been forced to lengthen his appointments because of the large number of men that have signed...
...referendum to the Swiss people on a new article in the Factory Law, making it possible for factories to extend the working week from 48 to 54 hours, was defeated by a majority of more than 117,000 votes. Under the existing law, factories are empowered to lengthen the week only four hours...
...aware with what keenness he confronts new political, social and moral problems and plans new battles know that this is not his last word. That he has lived to give such advice as his own habits permit him to offer at 89 to others should help to lengthen the lives of those who come after him and make life happier while they are living longer. May he be able to add not only to his years, but also to the debt under which his serene but adventurous spirit has placed his own country and the world. He declined an Ambassadorship...