Word: widespread
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Concerning success of the drive in its embyronic stage, Everitt said that in the Building Service unit of widespread A. F. of L. agitation a "substantial membership" of a few hundred maids has already been recruited from Harvard ranks...
There is, nevertheless, a widespread feeling that the University itself is neglecting those of its students who are genuinely interested in the drama. Although there are several excellent Comparative Literature courses dealing with the drama, such as Comparative Literature 4, which treats of Ibsen and the Modern Drama, and English 53, the English Drama from 1780-1890, it must be admitted that courses in Franch and American drama are at a premium. Nor is there, in the Department of Fine Arts, any instruction for those who may care to study the theory of stage design and lighting effects...
...thought most people would agree were attributes of a good town-a low death rate, high per capita expenditures for education, libraries, parks and recreation, rarity of extreme poverty, high proportion of home ownership, high proportion of youths over 16 in school, large per capita circulation of good magazines, widespread installation of gas and electricity, excess of doctors, nurses and teachers over male domestic servants. The resultant score he called GG-general goodness-not from the standpoint of sophistication or show, but from the standpoint of health and decency. Conceding that the good life is not the same...
...Houses while the President was embarking on a fishing trip, the second message to the extra session took the form of a grand-scale ground-plan to revive U. S. industry by a nationwide housing drive backed by private capital. Said the President: "From the point of view of widespread and sustained economic recovery, housing constitutes the largest and most promising single field for private enterprise. Housing construction has not kept pace with either the needs or growth of our population. From 1930 to 1937, inclusive, the average annual number of new dwelling units constructed in the United States...
United States news sources are biased in favor of the Leftists according to Hart. Admitting that the Socialist government was elected by a majority, be claimed that subsequent tyranny and oppression precipitated the rebellion. He cited widespread executions by the Madrid government as an immediate cause of rebellion...