Word: maintain
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...part an avoidance of the system of proselyting which some theorists of modern football claim the new "scientific" game demands. But principally they relate to the man in charge, to the head coach. In the past this has always been a Harvard graduate. Certainly it is desirable to maintain this system of graduate coaching wherever possible, but experience in every sport, not solely in football, has shown that of necessity there comes a time when an able graduate coach is not available for the sport in question. When such a situation arises, it is pointless to cling to the tradition...
...then balk at the idea of pensioning all aged railroad employes, fixing the price of ice in San Antonio or the price of a hair cut in Jersey City or enforcing collective bargaining in a steel plant-all on the legal theory that these things help to regulate and maintain the free flow of interstate commerce...
...Employers have to put 2% of the amount of their payrolls into their reserve each year until it amounts to $55 per employe, then 1% a year until it reaches $75. Then contributions cease until the reserve is reduced by benefit payments. The object is to encourage employers to maintain steady employment in order to avoid contributions...
Since both the Catholic and Liberal parties have pledged themselves to maintain the belga on gold, Dr. Sap should have been popular among his colleagues. He balanced the budget last month, and, with Foreign Minister Henri Jaspar, rallied all the gold bloc countries to stand together at the Brussels Conference (TIME, Oct. 29). In the end, however, Dr. Sap's economies, imposed on each and every Minister, made him the Cabinet's Simon Legree. When, having already cut civil servants' salaries 24%, Dr. Sap insisted last week that he must cut them 5% more, the Cabinet resigned...
...Council hopes to have the H.A.A. flood some accessible piece of ground, such as the Jarvis courts, and maintain a rink there for the use of the teams. Since the stadium, back in its earlier days, used to shelter the pucksters of the University from the wind, the possibility of flooding a part of it this year was suggested...