Word: exceedingly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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When a group of students take on the task of voicing undergraduate sentiment, their powers for doing harm obviously exceed their capacity for doing good. Aided by the public's tendency to confuse the writings of a dozen men with the unanimous opinion of an undergraduate body, they win a larger following than perhaps they deserve. And if Benjamin Franklin could deplore the power of a grown man when he acquired "a Press, and a huge Pair of BLACKING BALLS," how much more dangerous are the caprices of irresponsible students. A thoughtless attack, a distortion of fact that may seem...
Actually if expenditures for Defense and Relief exceed the tentative estimates-or revenue falls short of expectations-by $150,000,000, the trend will be reversed, the deficit will again start...
...essay is not to exceed 2000 words exclusive of lists and summaries...
...asked by the President from its road-building largesse to the States, the total curtailment would be about $800,000,000-roughly what the Treasury estimates must be pared from last year's total appropriations of $7,164,817,513 if next year's are not to exceed the Federal income...
...Russia, trade unionism was first permitted as a concession after the abortive revolution of 1905, and enrolled members grew to exceed 200,000 under Nicholas II. During the War most unions in Russia were extinguished, but with the revolution of 1917, membership in a trade union was made compulsory by Lenin and 1,500,000 Russians were soon enrolled, with the State deducting union dues from their pay. In 1921 this policy was reversed, and Lenin made trade union membership voluntary. In the early Five-Year Plan period, Russian trade union officials were still attempting to bargain collectively with...