Word: strikes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...think the dictators really want a war because they realize the universal anti-war sentiment in Europe today. "They blackmail on the threat, however, and hit the weakest spots," he said. "They calculate the chances of war and if the odds are 9 to 5 against it, then they strike...
From Vienna went radio messages to the Slovaks like others once sent to the Sudetens: "Keep quiet and stay by your radios. A historic announcement will be made to you later. . . . Slovaks and Hlinka Guards, the hour will soon strike for which you are waiting...
...energy to be absorbed if we strike an object while running 25 miles an hour is just the same as if we fell from a height of 20.9 feet ... it is possible to survive this impact although it is just about the shock limit for the human body ... we call this quantity . . . one Danger Unit...
...superior force. Although the demands of the Union appeared at first ill-considered and unreasonable, it soon became evident that actually they constituted merely a platform upon which to bargain. Dogmatic insistence upon "no compromise" was belied by reluctance to take the final plunge, to actually go on strike. Thus, especially when one considers the basically conciliatory attitude always assumed by the University, the agreement shapes up as a voluntary one, reached with as much harmony and good feeling as can be expected in such an employer-employee relationship...
From a reliable University source it was learned last night that in case a settlement of the present labor strife is not reached, the University will not attempt to break the strike. Students will be forced to eat outside of the dining halls, and an appropriate reduction will be made on the term bill. raise and so on to a maximum rate of $16 for those employed four years or over...