Word: patchwork
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Employers who voluntarily grant such leaves of absence will act from motives of philanthropy, not business. Even were these difficulties overcome, the patchwork of six months, so spent, would not make a soldier...
...need of a new bridge requires no comment, for we are all familiar with the unsightly patchwork structure which now leads to the Stadium. But there are two obstacles which stand in the way of building a bridge without a draw. These are the riparian rights of the Brighton Abattoir and of the Watertown Arsenal. It is altogether possible that the abattoir's license may be withheld this year, as the section in which it is located is becoming thickly populated; in this case it is not unlikely that the War Department will permit the construction of a bridge without...