Word: retainers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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There is no assurance, however, that the law will always retain this safeguard. By merely repealing this clause, Congress can rule that registered persons henceforth inducted into the land forces of the United States shall be employed in any war in which the government at the moment, perhaps compelled by imperialistic monopoly interests or mob hysteria, may see fit to engage...
...from all but minor public jobs, requiring incumbent Jewish officeholders to resign within two months; from positions in the Army, Navy, Air Force; from jobs as teachers; from positions in press, radio, cinema. Vichy was very proud that these decrees were milder than Germany's-that Jews may retain civil rights as citizens. Some professions were not purged...
...hands of Draft Board 47 in the basement of Phillips Brooks House will fall the fate of 2500 Harvard men. Five volunteer workers from Precinct Two will handle the classification and physical examinations of all those living at our of state addresses, although their local boards will still retain jurisdiction...
...atmospheres of the big planets contain great quantities of ammonia and methane, which are poisonous to earthly organisms. These substances are rich in hydrogen, lightest of gases and hence the most likely to escape from a planet's gravitational pull. The big planets are massive enough still to retain most of their original hydrogen, hence the ammonia and methane. The young earth locked up some useful hydrogen in water vapor and fortunately lost most of the rest...
...Historian James Truslow Adams, too ill to attend the hearings in person: "Even in the United States the power of one man has become almost overwhelming. The longer it lasts, the more strongly entrenched it may become. If we break with usage and tradition and allow a man to retain such powers for twelve years in stead of eight, why not for 16, 20, or for life? Our world is changing fast and it can always be said that there is a crisis...