Word: strike
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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What was my astonishment to find in your Foreign News section a perfectly casual statement to the effect that the leaders of the 1927 British coal strike "received through the Bank of England from the Soviet State Bank some...
...happened to be living in London during that year and for many years before and after the coal strike. I know that in England at least the forgery of the "Zinovieff papers" was revealed to the satisfaction of every man and woman in Britain with the capacity to read the newspapers of the day. It was the sensation of the hour when the discovery was made that the "Moscow gold" red herring had been utilized merely for the purposes of defeating the Liberals in the election. And here, after all these years, a seemingly reputable magazine is unaware...
...Reader Nicolais mend her dates, recall that the Zinovieff letter figured in the British general election of 1924, two years before leaders of the British coal strike received through Lloyds and other banks some $2,000,000 from the Commercial and Industrial Bank...
...peace rally, which has already secured the support of the Dean's office, will again be held indoors. It has not yet been definitely decided whether the "Oxford Pledge" will be an integral part of the strike's platform. At the same time, numerous sidelines are under tentative consideration, such as food fasts, and the sale to those attending the strike of white feathers suitable for wearing...
Although reaction time decreases with a small amount of alcohol, a more pronounced state of inebriation results in "an inveterate tendency to strike between the pedals when applying the brake." Coordination of the foot is lost sooner than control of the hands, Dr. DeSilva stated. "Often a man with no control of his feet could do a good job of steering, if he could only...