Word: proletarianism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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These acts the British Parliament passed in the decade after the War. They compel the toiling proletarian to buy insurance. If male and between the ages of 21 and 65, he pays for it at the rate of seven pence per week, this being deducted from his wage. His employer is forced to pay in eight pence and the state adds seven and ha'pence more, making a total of 22½ pence per week, or 45?...
...Cobb, other stars. Retarded by the 1923 earthquake, Japanese baseball has since progressed rapidly, boosted chiefly by Professor Abe, organizer of the Proletarian Party (Shakai Minshuto) and by the Osaka Mainichi Shimbun.* Next October Herbert Hunter will again tour Japan...
...leaders in Bombay took the line last week that "Gandhi betrayed the proletariat by his pact with Irwin!" It is true that Mr. Gandhi arranged the release of his own non-violent demonstrators first; but he continued last week to plead with the British for release of even violent, proletarian agitators. This, to the Communists, was no excuse. They greeted the little brown man in Bombay with roars of "Down with Gandhi! Down with his Nationalist Party! Down with British Imperialism...
There are the Prince's favorite pointers, Dobrynia and Svietlana, gentle aristocrats to the tips of their fine tails. In a nearby Moscow woodyard lives Siedoi, a shaggy grey proletarian with a kind heart and a world of curiosity. His bitch, Sudorga, has the heart of a trollop. It is neither sad nor surprising when Siedoi, already a widely traveled dog, leaves her and roams away. Vaguely he is yearning for the beautiful Svietlana, whom he used to see through the gates of the Prince's mansion and whom he once ... a dizzying memory...
...Yudenich. In 1925 Klimentiy Voroshilov stood 13th on the ranking list of Soviet commanders. Surely he is grateful to Stalin for lifting him over twelve disgruntled heads to the supreme command. His antecedents are impeccable. Born the son of a very poor Ukrainian peasant in 1881, he became a proletarian factory worker in early youth, has been since 1904 a consistent revolutionist, always modest, fearless and devotedly obedient to his party superiors...