Word: truth
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...time when beyond the borders rumors began to circulate to the effect that there was being carried on here a policy of persecution against elements in disagreement. This has spread, comrades, so far that representatives of the Internationals have come to Spain to find out exactly how much truth there was in it, and they have told us personally: 'Since this has occurred, we cannot arouse the same enthusiasm abroad, among our own comrades, because they suspect that those who dominate here and those who have influence are-they say so openly- the Communist elements, and everyone wonders...
...Awful Truth (Irene Dunne. Gary Grant, Ralph Bellamy...
Although the Monthly claims that it takes twenty minutes to get a book from the stacks, the truth of the matter is that it takes only about twelve minutes on an average. This figure has been established by repeated tests. The female "chasers" are not paid $40 a month for a 42 hour week, as the Monthly states, but receive $47.50 a month for a 39 hour week. This is an average of thirty cents an hour, which is the standard wage for labor of that unskilled type. Whether this wage is in itself too low is a question that...
...Very few citizens have gained the ability to appraise facts and opinions. The majority, though grown to adulthood in years, all too often accept as absolute truth exactly what the person on the platform says or the book dictates...
...Awful Truth (Irene Dunne, Gary Grant, Ralph Bellamy...