Word: rootes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...abrupt end loomed menacingly over the horizon. If the Russians pushed into Finland-to root out the bases from which Nazi planes and U-boats were sinking ships bringing aid to Russia-or if the Allies landed in northern Norway, Germany might be able to defend her northern outposts only if Sweden allowed the shipment of reinforcements and supplies across Swedish territory. If Stockholm agreed, it would be a flagrant violation of her neutrality. If she refused, she could expect a German attack...
...protest against the continuing press ban, more than 100 Indian newspapers refused to print any news at all (TIME, Jan. 18). As agitation reached a climax the Raj compromised; and the Professor's friends persuaded him to accept. At stake was a moral issue, typical of the root evils in the tragic Indian political situation...
Announced by Robert K. Root, dean of the Faculty, the new program will consist of courses corresponding to those usually offered in the spring term. Each course will meet for 12 hours a week...
...Root of the Family Tree. In Coati-cook, Quebec, death came to 103-year-old Hubert Leclerc, who left 375 children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren...
...Little Discipline. Quite aside from the problem of too much money, absenteeism goes back to another root cause-namely, lax discipline and too little contact between employer and employe in the factory. During recent years the employer has felt more & more uneasy over appealing to his employes directly for fear that he may be haled into court. It is also extremely difficult to fire a man for absenteeism, or to discipline him. In one recent case, when an employer announced that either men must work on New Year's Day to fulfill pre-arranged schedules or else take four...