Word: maintained
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Although the donor was extremely farsighted in realizing the future importance of agriculture, he could not foresee the later development of many free state agricultural colleges and experiment stations. With these heavily endowed establishments, the Harvard School could not compete and it failed to maintain an important position either for teaching or for the investigation of important agricultural problems...
...maintain academic freedom where ever the influence of the club may reach...
...mind in normal times when he is in possession of a job that provides with reasonable sufficiency for himself and his family. The efforts of such organizations as the American Federation of Labor are directed to try to prevent a development of this spirit of despondency and to maintain conditions that will allow the worker to maintain his self-respect and not to be dependent on charity in any form for existence...
...year a chorus of the first rank. Wednesday evening he showed that he could whip his new material into shape in less than three months. Last spring the Glee Club had established a standard never before attained by a college musical organization; this year they have proved they can maintain that standard as long as they are dominated by Dr. Davison's personality...
Employers and those responsible for the prosperity of large enterprises are reluctant to lose any part of their control. When they discover that the power has passed from them, or when their government has failed to maintain peace they are then ready for experiment. The protocols and other experiments have always grown out of strikes, usually long and exhausting...