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Word: maintains (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Supreme Court fortnight ago was a string of automobile accessory stores doing business under the corporate name, "The Pep Boys, Manny, Moe and Jack of California." The Pep Boys wanted to overthrow California's so-called Fair Trade Act, which forces retailers to maintain the price of trademarked goods at levels fixed by manufacturers. Challenged at the same time by other appellants was a similar Illinois statute. In a unanimous decision the Supreme Court turned down the Pep Boys, held that such price-maintenance legislation by states was not in conflict with the Constitution...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Pep Boys v. Fair Trade | 12/21/1936 | See Source »

...skis to glide exceptionally fast and that they can learn much better on slow skis. This is wrong as one has much better control over a fast gliding ski and besides a ski that is not properly waxed will run unevenly in jerks, which makes it much harder to maintain one's balance. A good waxing job, while gliding smoothly downhill, will "bite" on walking uphill, thus preventing to some extent back-sliding and saving considerable energy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SKOAL TO THE WAX HOUND | 12/18/1936 | See Source »

...remembrance of their defeats grows dimmer and at the same time the prestige of our victories pales . . . . France needs glorious deeds, and hence war. She must be the first among the states or she is lost. I shall put up with peace as long as our negihbors can maintain it, but I shall regard it as an advantage if they force me to take up my arms again before they are rusted . . . . In our position I shall look on each conclusion of peace as simply a short armistice, and I regard myself as destined during my term of office...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE VAGABOND | 12/4/1936 | See Source »

...practices, eligibility of players, post-season game rules, scouting agreements, etc. The college newspapers as a result of a careful cooperative investigation reached the conclusion that rules drawn up by these colleges would have the effect of raising and standardizing athletic practices on a level that would revive and maintain amateurism in college football...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Formation of Ivy League Promulgated By Press of Seven Eastern Institutions | 12/3/1936 | See Source »

...also maintain a Custom-made Department which cannot be excelled. Every garment cut and made to your individual measurements by our own designer and tailors...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MAIL ORDERS FROM FORMER HARVARD MEN ARE RECEIVED FROM SUCH FAR DISTRICTS AS CALIFORNIA AND FLORIDA | 12/2/1936 | See Source »

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