Word: strikingly
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Members of the University will have their first opportunity to observe the variation in time at the Sunday services tomorrow morning. The clock in the tower of Memorial Hall will strike two and three in quick succession tonight, cutting out 60 minutes, which will not be made up until next fall. Drills and classes on Monday morning will also come an hour earlier...
...citizens for reproach. All classes are equally guilty and equally meritorious. That is there are individuals in all classes who are willing to suffer inconvenience and hardship in order to win the war, and there are others who are not. There is not the slightest doubt that a strike in any essential industry is a hindrance to the great work of massing our man power at the points where it is needed. No loyal citizen who sees and understands that fact can possibly favor a strike in an essential industry, when the Government stands ready with its agencies and machinery...
...elapse before the desired output is obtained." But so far is he from intending disparagement of the United States in comparison with the United Kingdom that he says in the latter there has been a serious drop in the rate of ship production, that owing to labor unrest and strike difficulties the men in the yards are not working as if the life of the country depended on their exertions, but that even at this late date they do not seem fully to realize the seriousness of the situation. --Boston Herald...
...time that issues be squarely faced. Mere resolutions of loyalty cannot conceal the selfish interest of the war-workers' strike. In dealing with this problem the Government cannot afford to pussy-foot. Complete control of our ship-yards may be the answer. It may even be necessary to utilize the draft to secure a full working force for each war industry. Men in Uncle Sam's khaki drawing $30 a month may find military discipline sufficient incentive to keep...
Simultaneously with the reports that strong repressive measures adopted by the German Government had put an end to the extensive strikes at many places came a new report of a labor outbreak at Jena, where a third of the workmen have gone out on strike. This new strike is a protest against the recent conviction of Dittmann, a Socialist who had led a former strike...