Word: obtained
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...sailed the following Wednesday from New York. But what I am trying to say is, of course he got odd jobs like in spring of the year, he would get what he could do here in Springfield cleaning wallpaper, washing down kitchens and porches. Whenever he could obtain work of that sort no matter how badly he needed clothes he would first always subscribe to two or three years of TIME Magazine. And he kept every copy since 1931. He also had a loose-leaf notebook he had indexed as to reference he could refer to back any year. There...
...signatures which the British Government was especially anxious to obtain for the "Stop Hitler" declaration were those of Poland, Russia and France. Count Edward Raczynski, the Polish Ambassador to the Court of St. James's, soon told British Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax that such a toothless declaration was meaningless, would only anger Herr Hitler. He suggested that Britain initiate conscription and sign a military alliance...
...objections to these proposals are well known. The more upperclassmen there are who spend only one or two years in the Houses; the harder it is to obtain House spirit. And the presence of associate members will further weaken the bonds uniting regular members. That these protests are to some degree valid is quite true. But the only question here is whether these disadvantages outweigh the advantage of extending the benefits of the system to the Out-of-Housers. Is it fair to make some three hundred men go without the privileges the rest of the college enjoys...
With U. S. exporters now able to obtain payments for goods sold to Brazil, the resumption of payment on Brazil's bonds, the possibility of the U. S. obtaining rubber (an essential war material) from the western hemisphere, the solidarity of the western hemisphere was brought a good step closer...
Although lacking the militant leadership afforded them Sunday night by officers of the Cambridge Central Labor Board, the workers were in a belligerent mood, requiring all of Stefani's persuasive powers to obtain the final vote authorizing him to continue negotiations for 36 hours