Word: directed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...would be closed, in the interest of economy, some 2,000 employes of the two banks discharged. Dedibank was more thoughtful of its bank directors. The complete boards of both of the merging banks will sit at the meetings of Dedi, a "Parliament of Directors" with 109 members will direct the efforts of Dedi...
Used to acting promptly in emergencies, Policeman Schober, who served as Austrian Chancellor once before (1921-22), instantly accepted on condition that he be given absolutely free rein in forming his cabinet, that, as Chancellor, he still remain in direct charge of his beloved police...
...attention has been drawn to a recent editorial in The Times in which you seem to adopt a slightly cynical attitude toward comments made in my annual report for 1927-28 on withdrawing coaches from the direct supervision of intercollegiate games. The subject is not a new one and perhaps does not require any detailed discussion at just this moment. I venture, however, to remark upon one of two considerations which affect the whole matter...
...problem is chiefly, confined to baseball and football. In the case of baseball there is, so far as I am aware, no legitimate ground on which can be defended, in the interest of the game itself, the practice of permitting the coaches to direct the play. In the case of football the problem is a little more difficult, because there is involved the question of withdrawing men who have been more or less injured in play and the substitution of others for them. This situation is thought, with a good deal of justice, to call at times for judgment more...
...French system of levying on U. S. films will be worked out and applied, but it is understood that this will be simply a straight import tax with no direct subsidy feature...