Word: strike
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Some men, as we said, are harder markers than others. Since the same student is doing all the answers to one question, he should naturally be given the same grade all through. But if he happened to strike a hard marker, he would feel justifiably hurt at receiving a lower mark than someone else. A par grade should be established for each question, which would total, say, 88 per cent...
...March 15). The small fry of the steel industry rapidly followed suit. Only possible obstacles to complete organization of Steel were the major independents, Bethlehem, Crucible, Inland, Jones & Laughlin, Republic, Youngstown Sheet & Tube, National, American Rolling Mill. Fortnight ago the storm broke over them with a brief 36-hour strike in Jones & Laughlin, which was settled when the management agreed to stake all on a labor election to determine by majority vote whether or not S. W. O. C. should have exclusive representation for all Jones & Laughlin workmen (TIME...
...since his lieutenants projected the biggest legislative program in Cuba's history, swart Army Boss Colonel Fulgencio Batista has been trying to keep Cuba's Congress and Senate sitting in their chairs long enough to do something about it. Last month the Congress staged a stand-up strike over patronage, had to be bullied and cajoled back into the White Capitol. Last week Cuba's 36 Senators had stopped work to squabble in heated Cuban fashion over the strange behavior of Senate President Arturo Illas Hourruitinier...
...firms or individuals doing business in more than one State is over." By last week it had become apparent that the Louisiana tax decision might become a potent weapon in (he war on Bigness. The words of Justice Roberts meant that through tax discrimination one State could strike at a whole corporation, not simply that part of the corporation doing business within its boundaries. Said Henry Ward Beer, old-time trial counsel to the Federal Trade Commission: "The long advocated amendment of our anti-trust laws to prevent the growth of monopoly has been effectively accomplished through the means...
...Comedians, from "The Bartered Bride" Smetana large from "Now World" Symphony Deverak Fantasia, "Aida" Verdi Songs by the Student Nurses Glee Club On the Trail Grofe Cole Porter Hits of 1937 Arranged by Lewis Harris "Ridin' High"--"I've Got you Under My Skin"--"It's D'Lovely" "Strike Up the Band" Gedrshwin