Word: towards
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...position toward its possessions is that of a parent with lusty, growing children, who must be supported until they become self-sustaining. For the past half-century Puerto Rico has been a costly child, its upkeep running into millions annually ... To reduce this drain on U.S. resources, Congress has tried to encourage American industry and investment in the island through tax exemptions and other inducements . . . GEORGE R. MERCADER Beverly Hills, Calif...
...wasn't a very good game. "we're still sputtering and stuttering around," Valpey commented when it was over. His main problem now is to bring up to full speed men who have just come move. Of course, a victory after five straight losses goes a long way toward building up both team morale and team speed...
Yesterday being Wednesday, Art Valpey put the Harvard football team through its usual mid-week practice session. This time it was with an eye toward checking errors of execution, sharpening the timing of the squad in general, and of men playing unfamiliar positions in particular...
...would like nothing better than to [find] on the New York Stock Exchange [securities] of waterworks in South America, electric light and power companies in the Middle East. [But] how can we expect [others] to amend their [restrictive] laws toward American capital, knowing that investment and investors at home are discriminated against and discouraged...
...CRIMSON'S Europe-traveling editors did manage to get first-hand reports on a number of the League of independents' meetings in Salzburg this summer. At one meeting, the speaker was questioned on the Party's attitude toward the Jews. He replled that Hitler had temporarily eliminated the Jews in Austria, but the Party realized that democracy was impossible in a nation with a race minority. While the CRIMSON realizes that the League is a catch-all party, the editors feel that this and similar statements indicate that the leadership and program of the Party have clear Nazi inclinations...