Word: sustaining
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...certain that the Premier would have to reshuffle his Cabinet before the next Parliamentary session; for, having virtually forced General di Giorgio, Minister of War, to resign (TIME, Apr. 13), and having accepted the resignation of the Under Secretary of War, it was conceded impossible for the Premier to sustain the loss of De Stefani without making changes that will alter the entire complexion of the Cabinet...
...added force in the study of English literature from Chaucer to Shakespeare. One can only hope that Professor Tatlock will find the atmosphere of Harvard a congenial inspiration to his ambition. He will be met with full courtesy and deep enthusiasm, for his proved ability will help to sustain the intellectual preminence of Harvard...
...settlement house, however, he ceases to be of interest. He is given no idea of the problems he may expect to meet, and when he fails, as he frequently does from lack of experience or discouragement, not the slightest attempt is made to readjust him or to sustain his flagging enthusiasm. The Social Service Committee acts as a mere clearing station--not in any sense of a stimulating center of social thought. The hi-weekly reports which have been asked of settlement heads must of necessity be perfunctory, and in actual use have not served their purpose. Professional workers have...
...same qualities make him "irregular." They make him a great asset to whatever cause he espouses because his fighting is fearless and above ordinary politics. He was one of the 12 Republican Senators who voted against the Bonus Bill last year, one of the 17 who voted to sustain the President's veto. He was one of the three Senators to vote against the Postal Pay Bill in its original form. He voted also to sustain the veto of that bill and against the bill which passed a few weeks ago, providing postal pay and rate increases...
...basic causes of the St. Paul failure run back many years. In general, they can be summarized as the failure of the road's earnings to sustain its tremendous capitalization. In part, the bankruptcy can be attributed to one of the greatest gambles ever taken in U. S. railroading?the construction of the 1,400 miles "Puget Sound extension" which carried the road from the Middle West to the Pacific Coast, 15 years ago. Previous to this time, the St. Paul had been a prosperous "granger" road in the Middle West. But James J. Hill and others had pressed their...