Word: sanctions
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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President Berry of the International Pressmen's Union had dissolved the local union which struck without sanction and had negotiated new and more favorable terms with the newspapers. Samuel Gompers telegraphed Major Berry: " Unless the pressmen redeem themselves from this awful blunder, you are justified in resorting to every means within your power to keep the faith, uphold the good name of your organization and the good-will of employers who may want to maintain beneficial contractual relations with the union...
...addition all the ships are being armed with cannon varying from one-pounders to four-inch guns. Sanction has at last been given to fire directly on the rum runners, with solid shot, and not merely across their bows...
...unfair competition involving the use of a trade-name, it does not allow any man such an unqualified jurisdiction over his own name as Mr. Gump seems to believe. There is, for instance, nothing to prevent any scoundrel from changing his name to Andy Gump, with or without court sanction, and casting his new name into disrepute. And there is no reason why an author or playwright cannot use any name he wishes, if he does not undertake such uses with the intention of bringing disgrace or ridicule upon the owner of it. If he has such an intention...
Both divisions (Lagting and 0delsting) of the Norwegian Parliament (Storting) passed by a small majority a bill to abolish prohibition of heavy wines. The measure received the sanction of the King...
...position to know the facts has denied Mile. Tirel's charges. The book has the sanction of Rodin...