Word: obtained
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Although modern civilization has made it just as easy for a wife to obtain food for the family as the husband, the need to provide the family support is as strong in modern man as it was for his ancestors. The subjects mentioned in your story need help, and not just with cleaning their floors...
...form of commercial exchange that became outmoded centuries ago with the appearance of money. But in the U.S., barter is suddenly coming back strong. Beset by shortages of many basic raw materials and finished goods, purchasing agents for the most modern corporations are turning into sultans of swap: they obtain scarce products that their companies need by offering goods that are in equally short supply...
Jerry Alberg of the ACLU Washington office said yesterday that the ACLU, in addition to providing basic factual information on the constitutional grounds for impeachment, has helped student lobbying groups to find places to stay, and to obtain appointments with congressmen...
...yesterday that there are two reasons for the general reissue: the new Harvard College Library Record System needs a machine-detectable identification strip to computerize its circulation system; and, the food service validation stickers, which have been pasted on over each other on some cards, making it difficult to obtain a readable imprint on the present mechanical library circulation department...
...older, more established Houses can obtain more money through alumni solicitation more easily than newer Houses because they have wealthier alumni...