Word: skilling
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...oppressor rests upon a verbal confusion of Capital with capitalists, a factual confusion ot capitalists with managers, and a misconception of the powers and desires of managers. Material capital does, of course, oppress certain forms of labor (or more truly of mental capital) when a new invention replaces their skill by a machine and requires them to fall back on mere unskilled labor as their offering to purchase the world's goods. But in the long run it is a great aid and weapon of labor...
Smith on Conventions. Al Smith has been going to Democratic conventions since 1908. As a New York delegate-at-large this year, he has behind him a veteran's skill to combat a neophyte's candidacy. Writing last fortnight in the Saturday Evening Post he delivered these matured views on conventions...
Professor Schumpeter will probably take over the advanced courses which were handled with such skill by Dr. Haberler of Vienna during the past year. The CRIMSON takes this opportunity to express Harvard's appreciation of the services which Dr. Haberler has rendered, as well as to extend to Professor Schumpeter a hearty welcome back to Cambridge. The CRIMSON sincerely hopes that the eminent German professor will be able to make a much longer stay on this side of the Atlantic than has been possible heretofore...
...into the creation of more lasting products, but did not go around apologizing or condemning the source of his present success-said nothing about 'cheapening' his art; who could hold his own with any of them at golf or tennis, and. sail a small boat with professional skill; who was exceedingly attractive to women, but never boasted about it or let it be seen that he was aware of it-indeed, many men were convinced that he didn't know his own appeal...
...colors used are characteristic of the Augsburg work of the period, and are applied with much more care and skill than usual. The colors are laid in flat washes on some figures; on others there is an attempt to represent light and shade. Maidens and warriors alike have delicate pink complexions...