Word: deadlocker
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...status of the labor problem, the speaker pointed out some notable tendencies of the past few years, showing that at present we have in this country in many industrial centres "an approximate monopoly of capital facing an approximate monopoly of labor." The result, said Mr. Baker, is either a deadlock of industry, or an evil development of "trade conspiracies" in which, as neither employer nor trade unions are willing to submit, the people are inevitably robbed...
...Saturday night, no decision was reached in regard to the protest against Schick in the intercollegiate games. Representatives from Harvard, Yale, Princeton and Pennsylvania were present, but owing to the absence of G. H. Hooker, of Cornell, the fifth member of the Executive Committee, the vote resulted in a deadlock. L.P. Frothingham '02 of the Executive Committee and T. Gerrish '01 of the Advisory Committee represented Harvard...
...more divine gift of quickly stirring her hearers with the passion of the scene. Notwithstanding her achievements as Brunnhilda, as Medea, as Lady Macbeth, and as Queen Katharine; probably her most memorable contribution to the history of the stage is the double character of Lady Deadlock and the French maid Hortense in the adaptation of Dickens's Bleak House...
...they were just as liable to injury in practice games. If the other colleges were given up and the number of games between Harvard and Yale were increased, the interest would be lessened, and the attendance would diminish. In case of a dispute, the representatives would disagree and a deadlock would be the consequence, and neither would be willing to submit to arbitration. When the question was thrown open to the house, a large number availed themselves of the opportunity. The following gentlemen spoke in favor of the affirmative: A. Burr, '89; F. B. Williams, '88; C. Hunneman...
...deadlock in the Georgia Legislature has at last been broken, and the Democrats have nominated Henry D. McDaniel for governor...