Word: happier
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...with quotations from that sturdy champion of laissez-faire, the late famed William Graham Sumner ("It is not the function of the state to make men happy") but trumpeted: "I find difficulty in consenting to the abandonment of a scheme of government which for 150 years has made us happier and more prosperous than the people of any other nation...
Winning by the deciding vote of the audience at Yale, and losing to Princeton at home by a two to one judges decision, the Harvard Freshman debating teams speaking on the question: "Resolved, That modern science has made the world a happier place," gained an even break for their efforts in the annual Harvard, Yale, Princeton Freshman debates Saturday evening...
Debating on the question, "Resolved, That modern science has made the world a happier place," six representatives of the Harvard Freshman Debating Council will participate in the annual Harvard, Yale, Princeton Freshman debate tonight. In accordance with the mechanism of this traditional debate a Harvard team defending the negative will be hosts to a Princeton trio, while an affirmative team will travel to Yale...
...thoughtful person can desire the permanent existence of the status quo. Things that served their purpose well a few years ago are not necessarily best fitted to meet the needs of the future. Some things must be scrapped. The common man must be given an opportunity to lead a happier life. Everyone who desires a job and is competent, must, from sheer justice, be given an opportunity to hold one; the country is duty bound to accomplish this even at the expense of forcing the permanent discontinuation of the huge bonuses paid to industrialists. Any man who can take...
...done when other people are not looking. Perhaps that is why he was convicted of impersonating another candidate in a Civil Service examination some years ago and put behind the bars to think it over. His administration as Mayor of Boston was a huge success; his friends were never happier. Even the taxpayer knew where the municipal funds were being spent...