Word: supporting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...people. . . . The exploitation of a class of workers who are in an unequal position with respect to bargaining power and are thus relatively defenseless against the denial of a living wage is not only detrimental to their health and well-being but casts a direct burden for their support upon the community. What these workers lose in wages the taxpayers are called upon to pay. The bare cost of living must...
...dormant in the various Houses can the Debating Council hope to plant deep roots in the soil of the college. It may be pleasant to suck the honeyed nectar of applause from local Junior Leagues from time to time, but only from audiences of Harvard students can come the support which the Council needs. It the Council should aim its rays at this untapped source, it would immeasurably improve its chance of growing to full stature and providing "an attractive and worthwhile extra-curricular activity...
...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...
...military might "in tribute to Chinese soldiers slain in the 1936 defeat of the Mongol horde." To Suiyan's rebuke, China's Nanking Government added another. Declared Wang Ching-wei, chairman of the Kuomintang (National Revolutionary Party) and onetime Foreign Minister: "Nanking is fully determined to support Suiyan against revolutionary movements...
...Ayres or Roger Babson? And why should all markets reflect words of theirs in a marked recession?" Meantime, neither Chairman Eccles' reiteration of his easy money aims nor his courageous call for taxes and debt retirement checked the cracking prices of Government bonds, which despite more determined Treasury support dropped to new lows for the year. In the last three weeks the market value of all Government securities had shrunk more than $1,274,000,000. Already jittery from a continual rattle of strike news, the stockmarket continued to follow suit, steady selling erasing more than one-half...