Word: strife
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...labor law in its unwilling hands. Even that looked as if it might be a good political break to Truman Democrats. They had their cake and they could eat it, too. They were freed from responsibility. It was on the Republicans; if the law brought on labor strife, or failed to curb it, it would be the G.O.P.'s doing...
...other strangers he welcomed with rambling tales of past battles, and searching hints that "the spirit" was still in strife. The enemy always turned out to be something deeper than prejudice and more dangerous than moneygrubbing; it was whatever interfered with living fully, in the moment. He was in pain much of the time. Lying on the cot in his cavelike "office" just off the gallery, he used to say that now he himself was "in retreat. I just lie here, trying to understand...
...House reacted to this Labor strife with a bill that struck heavy blows at all but one of these...
When George Plummer McNear Jr. was murdered three months ago, Peoria wondered if the strife over his strikebound Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad had died with him. This week it looked...
...Socialist Party, a large faction, still bitterly opposed to the break with the Communists, might force Ramadier's resignation. Worried Frenchmen saw two alternatives: 1) the Communists would triumphantly return to the Government, stronger than ever; 2) they would adopt a policy of increasingly violent opposition, precipitating strikes, strife and bloodshed...