Word: shorter
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Shorter hours, longer pay, group protection, a fixed scale of wages to abolish discriminatory employment-such were the keynotes of a cry for the unionization of the U. S. aviation industry sounded last week by Dale ("Red") Jackson, part-possessor of the world's unofficial endurance refueling record (TIME. Aug. 12). With L. H. Atkinson, until recently sub-executive for Universal Air Lines, he sent out the first of 140,000 letters to pilots, mechanics, apprentices and student flyers to get them to affiliate with the American Federation of Labor. They seek to promote brotherly fellowship, make working conditions...
...Aachen the Belgians made even shorter work of it. Only General Pouleur, chagrined at the loss of a comfortable post, depressed at the thought of routine duty in Brussels, muttered ominous warnings...
...opportunity for members of the Sophomore Class: to compete for positions on the News, Business, and Photographic Boards of the CRIMSON while Juniors are given a final chance to make the Editorial Board. It should also be noted that in spite of a common misconception the ensuing competitions are shorter and easier than any that have precede...
...describes the general external characteristics in the adult male which distinguish the Mountain from the Coast Gorilla as, "a longer palate and often a narrower skull, a thicker pelage or belt, shorter arms and longer legs, large amount of black hair, and prominent fleshy callosity on the chest...
...seems reasonable that now, while the subject of remedying the defects of the stadium is still fresh, the stairs that lead down from the colonnade seats back of the stadium should show likewise in the improvements. As the afternoons become shorter the passage is completely dark before the close of the game, even when, as on last Saturday, it is called at two o'clock. The descending crowds have been obliged to grope their way down, and miscalculation on the part of an individual could cause considerable damage not only to himself but to those in front...