Word: maintainable
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...begin he points out what many economists have known for years, but in simpler language, that among the chief defects in our capitalist system which must be remedied if we are to escape abnormally long depression periods is the restriction of production to maintain price. It is of prime importance, he observes, that production be kept going in spite of decreasing returns. Otherwise the closing up of productive units is self-perpetuating, prolonging the depression period...
...lawyer, Robert M. Codd Jr. of Buffalo, explained that the whole proceeding against him was illegal. Since 1893 New York has had a law which says: ". . . no person shall maintain an action on a contract against any Indian of the . . . Seneca Nation . . . and every person who prosecutes such an action shall be liable to treble costs to the party aggrieved...
...from this country being concerned, we have no wish to block Germany out of these countries or encircle her economically. True, we have certain trade interests there ourselves and we need to maintain those interests. In that respect, we shall have the good will of the countries themselves because although it is true that their international market will be found chiefly in Germany, nevertheless they can as a rule only obtain payment from Germany either in the form of goods, by barter arrangements or by blocked marks...
Debaters Stanley Epstein '39 and Phil C. Neal '40 defeated Lucy O. Sheppard and Dorothy Tarzer of Wellesley yesterday, Harvard affirming that America should maintain a policy of independent action in European affairs...
...bubbles from India through Palestine to Africa. In East Africa more sanitation, medicine, education and agricultural improvements might reconcile villagers to their colonial status. Such a program requires trained experts. Since Negro civil servants are cheaper than white, in fact cost only one-fifth as much to hire and maintain, the $1,000,000 Makerere College is expected to be a good investment for England...