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Word: maintainence (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...looking for men from American colleges to undertake various relief projects which they hope will help maintain the peace. Already serving in these units are Richmond Miller '49, John B. Elliott '49, John Jones '47, and Hollis Wyman '43, all overseas in Europe at present...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Friends Offer Social Service Work Abroad | 3/18/1947 | See Source »

...departmentalized). Also, the U.S. Presidency and State Department should be abolished, and the capital moved closer to the heart of the country. Wright thought cities should be abandoned. "The city," Wright averred, "is a stimulus similar to alcohol, ending in similar degeneracy or impotence-for no city can maintain itself by way of its own birth rate, and a glance at history shows us that all civilizations have died of their cities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: 70 Against the World | 3/17/1947 | See Source »

...impressive as Joe's inspiring wife, Edna. The only other standout in a very competent cast was John Mann, who in the difficult role of Agate Keller was almost perfect, setting a fine pace at the beginning of his famous closing speech and faltering only in his failure to maintain a crescendo of voice until the final cry of "Strike...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Playgoer | 3/14/1947 | See Source »

Message from London. The story from London was correct. Secretary Marshall, preparing to leave for Moscow (see INTERNATIONAL) had told the White House conferees Britain had served notice that she could no longer support her occupation forces in Greece, could no longer maintain her position in Turkey. Britain was too poor, financially...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATION: The Rustle of History | 3/10/1947 | See Source »

Agriculture Secretary Miguel Concha has led the Communist agitation for legalized farm unions. Last week Gonzalez Videla had on his desk a bill, passed by Congress' rightist majority, designed to block Concha's efforts and to maintain existing farm labor conditions. The bill restricted each union to the fundo (estate) where its members worked, forbade them to federate, and banned the troublemaking migrant workers from membership. Cream of the clauses was one stipulating that only literate workers could join. This barred 90% of the campesinos...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHILE: Imperfect Unions | 3/10/1947 | See Source »

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