Word: backed
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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...blockade has been lifted, and out markets once more opened to the cheaper and more popular German dyes. Should there be no protection given to the American industry, it must infallibly fall. Wages in Germany are low, and that country will make a strong attempt to win back its old trade. Our own industry must be fostered for a time if America expects to hold the ground gained during the last four years...
...Admiral Peary's idea, Polar exploration was nothing more than a problem in transportation--a problem of how to carry the most food in the most compact form. Peary's plan by which he reached the North Pole was to lead his sieds with food, and to send them back for more supplies as soon as their cargoes were exhausted. In this way, he just reached his goal, if he had fifty more miles to go he would have turned back...
...championship was lost Thursday, when Penn broke the deadlock of two straight ties and won the second post-seasonal game, played at the Merion Cricket Club by a score of 4 to 2. The Tigers were in the lead at the end of the first half, but Penn came back with a rush which swept them off their feet. The contest is unique in being the single example of a second play-off recorded in an intercollegiate soccer...
...adjoining column Professor William Roscoe Thayer calls attention to a practical way of keeping a clear conscience while you eat that dinner on December 25. Mr. Hoover has consented to act as Santa Claus in Europe. Back...
...workingman is usually in constant fear of losing his job, he is inclined to go too far in enjoying the unusual and pleasant situation created for him by exceptional conditions such as in the past war. Realizing that he may be forced back into his old job and compelled to sit tight in a short time, he makes the most of his opportunity by moving from factory to factory and trying job after job so that he can pick out the best position while he has the chance...