Word: safeguards
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated. . . . Last week Old Guardsman James W. Wadsworth of New York leaped up in the House to charge the Black Committee with flagrant violation of that safeguard. This...
...only one of its kind in the General Electric setup, insulated wire is proofed against water and fire by impregnation in a synthetic wax prepared from chlorine and naphthalene. People who work with such waxy compounds run the risk of getting their pores plugged, breaking out with pimples. To safeguard against that industrial hazard in its York factory, General Electric compelled every workman to take a shower bath before leaving the factory, supplied freshly laundered overalls twice a week, kept a physician in constant attendance...
...going to quail before the double pressure of street riots and bank panics? "What has the Government done to assure the defense of our liberties?" roared M. Blum. "There is an open and public conspiracy against our republican institutions! What has the Government done to safeguard them against seditious leagues?" During all this the Premier continued to draw lines back & forth on his bit of paper, but Socialist Blum did get one rise out of Independent Laval. "I am sure," sneered M. Blum, "that if you had been able to do so you would have promulgated your budget by decree...
...benefit and enjoyment from writing papers and theses would be greatly increased by having a period in which there would be "the possibility of continuous application to an academic task." Unlike other reading periods this one is not the signal to undergraduates to extend their vacations. For Juniors a safeguard against this flaw, as it exists in other systems, is placed in the requirement that they produce departmental papers at the end of the period. As for Seniors we feel that the Council is correct in assuming "with confidence that the time granted . . . . would be wisely spent, first in application...
...politicians. This spirit might in the future react against educational opportunities in America, and abolish the freedom of speech and investigation which is the foundation of the greatness of great universities. So that allying with such a power as the A F. of L. Makes for a strong safeguard against the present political defencelessness of teachers...