Word: tasks
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...problems of government become more complex, a democracy has proved a failure. This fact is illustrated by the passage of the power out of the hands of the people. The task of the legislator is far too difficult for the average man to carry...
...duties of Secretary of State. All of my predecessors in this office during the past 40 years have followed with the deepest interest the varying phases of the problem, and several Secretaries, especially my immediate predecessor, Mr. Hughes, have been intimately concerned, as I have been, with the task of contributing, if possible, to its solution...
...public: William Delavan Baldwin, chairman, Otis Elevator Co., and Edgar Erastus Clark, onetime (1906-21) I. C. C. commissioner, now Washington, D. C. lawyer. They had just 45 days, according to law, to hear both sides of the dispute and to make their recommendations for settlement. They accomplished their task-the "public's" men siding with those of the workers, but not in all details of their demands. Said the dissenters, Employers William Ayer Baldwin and Robert V. Massey, in effect: "The physical improvements which the railroads have instituted the past few years make railroading easier and safer than...
...Crimson in several years. Gross and Hamlen are both fast, slashing men down the ice and work well with each other as a scoring combination. Clark's aggressive play in the defense line may win him a place on the first outfit, but he will have the considerable task of replacing Ellison and Howard, both of whom are experienced quick puckmen...
...distinguish the characteristics of the student body at Dartmouth is a difficult task for one who is a part of that body and who cannot accurately compare it to other groups. But there is one quality which seems to be lacking among Dartmouth undergraduates, and that is enthusiasm...