Word: plea
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Chicago, while men patrons pleaded for a bar as a means of increasing both enjoyment and attendance at Symphony concerts, the Orchestral Association watched over the progress of the public plea for funds, second in 29 years, to cover the $28,000 remainder of a two-year deficit. While it looked as though the Symphony's deficit would be smartly erased, the bar problem remained...
...destroyed U. S.. trade with the Central Powers, then with neutrals, abrogated the Declaration of London bit by bit, in flagrant violation of international law. In reply to U. S. protests Britain insisted that all these measures were "essential to our existence." Writer Millis: "As long as that plea carried weight with our statesmen and the corresponding plea from Germany did not, the U. S. was unavoidably a silent partner of the Entente." Having permitted the Allies to destroy U. S. trade with the Central Powers, "if we now permitted the Central Powers to destroy our trade with...
...Board of Health is, however, sending a man to Harvard tomorrow who will remain for several days in an attempt to prevent any more outbreaks. In the effort to prevent recurrence of the attacks. Dr. Means reiterated his plea that sufferers report immediately to the Hygiene Building...
...stockholders, who turned the meeting into a rousing capitalist demonstration. They cheered loudly when President Gifford announced that his salary was $206,250 per year. "He's worth more than that," yelled a Gifford rooter. One stockholder uprose with a plea "to end all troubles by voting the Republican ticket." Another suggested an educational program for the public and for legislators. "Did you call them legislators?'' fumed a little grey-haired man in the front row. "They're not legislators; they're inflated balloons...
...rendered after Coach Fred Mitchell's definition of the ground rule to the officials, and the Tigers' two runs from the overthrow were disallowed. Princeton played the balance of the game under protest. The league officials will return their report within ten days, after the protest and Harvard's plea have been filed...