Word: steps
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...active participation in politics which the Political Action Committee of the Liberal Club is planning is another step forward toward honest and efficient government. There has long been need for more organization of non-partisan men to conduct a vigorous campaign against the vultures who live off the present political system...
This move follows closely upon the consolidation of the departments of Botany. Zoology, and General Physiology into a single department of Biology. The appointment of the new director is a step toward the coordination of these fields with a view to emphasizing their common interests...
...Harriet is going a step farther. She will have official recognition of her presence and no less a person than Julian Lowell Coolidge, Master of Lowell House, will be her host...
Madrid, April 25--A "state of alarm" was declared throughout Spain tonight, following resignation of the government of prime minister Alejandro Lerroux. This is the second step toward martial law, permitting the authorities certain mandatory privileges over civilians, martial law will be next and may be declared if the government crisis is not settled shortly or labor unrest causes renewed violence. The president set about seeking a new prime minister immediately to give Spain a new government...
...first step in preventing "a separation of our faculty into those who teach and those who carry on creative work," President Conant has sent out a questionnaire which asks each instructor how much time he spends with his tutees, how much on the lecture platform, and how much in the laboratory or research library...