Word: substitutees
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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When Franklin Roosevelt started to plan his customary spring vacation, first necessity was to find a seaworthy substitute for Vincent Astor's Nourmahal, the "million dollar yacht" which sounded too plutocratic in the ears of ordinary voters in an election year. That problem was solved by the Coast Guard...
A vote to substitute some other name for the word "strike" failed by a narrow margin.
A vote to substitute some other name for the word "strike" failed by a narrow margin.
This conveys the impression that it is possible to become a teacher of physical education without much study. Such a statement would have been true 30 years ago but not in any reputable school today. The boy in question would be in for a shock as far as Springfield College...
"In Westchester County . . . the first act of the Works Progress Administration, of which the National Youth Administration is a part, was to disband the county bureau and substitute their political agents who know nothing of the country, nothing about public works and nothing about administration. And who do you think...