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Word: pledgee (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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> For the second time in as many weeks WLB punished a union for being a bad boy, denied maintenance of membership to the locals in certain Monsanto Chemical Co. plants. Unlike the precedent-setting Aluminum Co. of America case (TIME, Aug. 31), WLB gave specific reason for its action: the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Significant Decisions | 9/7/1942 | See Source »

The abrupt wording of the note spoke volumes. From the tone of the Russian press there was more than a hint at disappointment that no pledge of an immediate second front was made (see p. 25).

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Mr. Bullfinch Takes a Trip | 8/31/1942 | See Source »

The great job is done. Harvard can sit back and take a long breath after its magnificent showing in doing its share for the war effort. All of thirty-five per cent of the student body is pledged to buy war bonds and stamps. At Yale ninety-eight per cent...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fiscal Fiasco | 8/24/1942 | See Source »

Contrary to rumors, there is no compulsion in any pledge. Whenever a weekly pledge can't be met no special agent will show up at the door. The idea is simply to raise as much money as possible for the war pool. It is the cheapest and easiest sacrifice the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fiscal Fiasco | 8/24/1942 | See Source »

Although the War Service Committee, sponsor of the drive, declined to call the drive as a whole a failure, it pointed out that the figures would speak for themselves as far as Harvard's all-out effort was concerned. Also, it was announced, that because Dunster, Kirkland, Eliot and Winthrop...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pledge Drive Wins Support of Only Fraction of Student Body | 8/24/1942 | See Source »

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