Word: maintainable
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Differing distinctly from all other branches of the University, the new school should maintain the closest possible connection with the government at all times. In the long run the government will be the chief beneficiary of the work done by School of Public Administration, and must cooperate with it, both by assisting with the teaching program and providing openings for the small group of graduates. In acordance with the completely changing sentiment towards the civil service the trained men should be welcomed with open arms. The attitude of the country has almost reached the point where Jefferson's motto might...
...power networks within TVA transmission range depend for operating efficiency on a relatively small number of the larger cities. A campaign Which would result in public ownership in ten to 20 of these cities might practically destroy the ability of the large systems to render maximum service or to maintain economical generation and transmission systems. Effort to bring about such disruption seems to be under way. . . . Private companies should cease coercion, in the form of obstructive litigation, inaccurate and misleading propaganda. . . . Public officials should cease coercion, as by subsidies to duplicating and competing systems, by threats of constructing duplicating systems...
...Congress and applicable to all Government orders of $10,000 or more, exclusive of transportation, communication or construction contracts. The law requires the bidder to 1) pay prevailing wages, 2) adhere to an eight-hour day, a five-day week, 3) employ no child or convict labor, 4) maintain safe and sanitary working conditions. Most reputable corporations can qualify on all points except hours...
...more acute, as there is an increasing interest in basketball and swimming, with no lessening of participation in any of the other four minor sports. As the numbers of men interested increase from year to year the H.A.A. will have to take care of the influx, as well as maintain the standard of efficiency of these sports...
...safe in Mexico and that was TIME'S point. So far as World Revolution is concerned the position of Joseph Stalin is that his left hand constantly assists the Comintern led by Dimitroff to foment World Revolution, while his right assists the Soviet diplomacy of Litvinoff to maintain nominally friendly relations with Capitalist countries. Everyone knows that Stalin and Trotsky profess to be each other's worst enemies, but notably in Spain the disruptive activity of Trotskyists was a direct prelude to the arrival and success of Stalinists who have now taken charge in Madrid, Valencia and Barcelona...