Word: threats
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Typical of the brave attitude taken by the ladies in the face of a male threat to their feminine capabilities was that of Elanie Limpert, Radcliffe '47, who swallowed her pride and announced, "Shaw probably knows what he's doing. I have great faith in the Bard...
...agricultural groups, together with their Congressional alter egos swathed in the philosophy of Hawley-Smoot, take pot shots at the Reciprocal Trade Agreement Act in general and prospective import duty rate reductions in particular. The Committee for Reciprocal Information has been informed that "lowered import duties constitute a threat to American industry, agriculture, and defense," and Senator Butler, Republican of Nebraska, has revealed that the reciprocal pacts have been "a gigantic hoax on the American people . . . solely for the benefit of other nations." But the faithful of the high tariff flock have been unable to point out a specific case...
...taxing power to coerce colleges into regulating admissions in accordance with policies laid down by axe-grinding politicians, even those colleges which would fall safely within the requirements for exemption joined Harvard's Administrative Vice-President and the President of M.I.T. to form an absolutely solid opposition. If the threat of removing exemption from taxation can be used to force compliance with an admissions policy formulated by men who have political power to control the legislature, it can be used later to accomplish anything up to and including state domination of every phase of college life and learning...
...certain Massachusetts politicians, both state and local. That such a bill as the one which seems safely laid away could even be seriously entertained should serve to keep Massachusetts colleges and the majority of citizens who are justly proud of them on the alert to forestall any future threat of a similar nature...
...nation is hard at work and has already performed 'miracles,' as Mr. LaGuardia has told you. The greatest threat to our future is tuberculosis, which affects 60 percent of our children in the devastated areas . . . With U. N.- R. R. A. and the National War Fund terminating operations, we depend on American Relief for Czechoslovakia to send us milk, fats, medicines, and hospital equipment, which cannot be purchased anywhere in Europe...