Word: testing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...test case the Berlin Labor Court held that any clause or agreement barring servants from Aufzüge or Fahrstüle is void, and branded all such prohibitions as "obsolete and anti-social." This ruling may be an opening wedge to compel landlords and employers to provide better living conditions for domestic servants. Even in modern Berlin apartment buildings, backstairs are unlighted, and despite the long German winter, maids' rooms are nearly always without heat...
...football game with Leland Stanford University two years from this fall will be referred to the Corporation, the only body with authority to grant or withhold this favor. Although the remoteness of the event may make the question appear unimportant, there is inherent in it a kind of test...
...Peace and prosperity are not finalities; they are only methods. It is too easy under their influence for a nation to become selfish and degenerate. This test has come to the United States...
Brown is regarded as the most redoubtable opponent on the Crimson schedule. The general belief that the Rhode Islanders always turn out good gapplers is substantiated this year by the fact that they have defeated Yale. The match will prove a real test for the Harvard team, which is to meet the Blue on March...
...Harvard University, scene of so many classic defeats, Old Gold bit the dust," notes The New York World in commenting on the recent cigarette test given a group of undergraduates. That New York editorial writer may have phrased those words with a great deal of subtlety...