Word: remains
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Easterners, of whom the President is the obvious leader, are equally convinced that the United States cannot remain isolated from the rest of the world, no matter how much it wants to. It is felt in the East that such a condition as the West would have is totally impossible,--the desire for what has not existed since the last century. The President feels that, whatever is sacrificed by mixing in world affairs, American interests are served only when such a plan is vigorously undertaken. Here is where the Easterners are sure thus they have a much more far-sighted...
...immediate problem, that of providing food for the half-starved Loyalists. Toward settling the bigger problem, resettling the refugees either in Spain or in some other country, the Loyalist Government made the first step. It issued to the refugees a printed form asking: "What do you want to do? Remain in France? Have you means to do so? Work in America, [South and Central] in your profession? Return to [Insurgent) Spain? What motives impel you to adopt this decision?" Officials of the Loyalist Ministry of State declared that their Government intends to see this resettlement project through...
...Ways. If Charles Edison has a comparable ambition, it waits on time and infirmity. On the best of terms with their Assistant Secretary, Leahy & Admirals prefer to remain that way by keeping him strictly ashore, well out of naval planning and operation. His awakening interest in such matters as the Navy's troublesome promotion system, its mountainous red tape, its broadening spheres in the Atlantic and Pacific, have caused hardly a ripple in the "Annapolis Club" of naval officialdom...
Sergeant A. L. Dynam who was in charge said, "There are plenty of no-parking signs along the street. Any-how the cars were parked too far away from the curb and Quincy, St. must remain open for the fire engines to come through...
...autonomy systems. By these, the committee of six permanent fine arts professors are entrusted with the final decision as to who shall teach under them. Thus they are able to choose their own successors, perpetuate their own ideas, prevent any change, and eliminate unwanted personalities. So long as they remain in control, the department will be static--as it was at its founding...