Word: obtaining
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...problem of the 'haves' and 'have-nots' has been exaggerated beyond all reason. There would be no problem at all if international trade were stabilized, so that Italy could obtain raw materials at a decent price, and exchange for them her finished goods, so that Germany and Japan could do the same. Mr. Lansbury's motion in the House of Commons last week would have been more realistic had he emphasized the importance, not of a transfer of colonies, but of a stabilization of international trade. It is incompatible with the principle of sovereignity, and self-determination, that peoples, whether...
...sold, and the price will have to drop. What good will it do Italy, Japan and Germany to control colonies and supplies of raw materials? Japan excepted, none of them has sufficient capital to develop colonial industries. Yet each is prepared to squander millions on colonial wars, to obtain goods they can already get, from countries with years of experience in producing them...
Only University members will be admitted to the lecture. Those desiring free tickets may obtain them by applying to the Secretary of the Institute...
...Committee will endeavor to obtain a talk on the relation of the field of concentration to one's proposed job after graduation...
...second time this year the Committee has had recourse to polls to decide about the dance. In the previous poll the freshmen voted overwhelmingly for higher admissions and better orchestras for their dances. Fletcher Henderson's orchestra was chosen at that time, but the committee was unable to obtain them...