Word: hardship
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Russia, in spite of having aided Communism to take root in China, recognizes that nothing can change the fact that Russia is a white European nation . . . face to face with the yellow masses of China, numberless and impoverished, indestructible and ambitious-a people that is building through trial and hardship a power that cannot be measured and that is already eying the open spaces over which it must one day spread...
Many a U.S. railroadman believes that the answer to the problem lies not in charges or recriminations, but in a joint effort on both sides to discover how featherbedding practices can be eliminated without undue hardship. The industry favors a plan adopted by Canadian railroads, which has helped cut down featherbedding by not replacing firemen working on freights or in the yards who have died or retired. Privately, many railroadmen concede that the U.S. situation is not entirely the unions' fault; U.S. railroads are often run inefficiently, with management clinging to ancient practices as fervently as do the unions...
...Francisco. With no hardship at all, Republican Incumbent George Christopher, 52, walloped Democratic Tax Assessor Russell Wolden, 49, by more than 50,000 votes. Greek-born George Christopher, who showed his abilities during his first term and enhanced his position when he rang in a warm San Francisco welcome for Nikita Khrushchev (cabled Khrushchev: "Had I been a citizen of your beautiful city, I would undoubtedly have voted for you"), had the city in his pocket virtually from the beginning, even though registration is overwhelmingly Democratic. In his wild-swinging campaign, Opponent Wolden accused Christopher's administration of permitting...
Much discussion yesterday reportedly centered on the National Science Foundation Act, which requires an affidavit not administered directly by the University. According to one Faculty member, a sizable group would favor withdrawal from this program too, were it not for the "hardship" that would be inflicted on students already receiving NSF funds...
...nation--and nearly all this money comes through a real estate levy that is both too high and unequally assessed. The answer to the problem, says Powers, is not new sources of income, but reforms within the city itself. "Any proposed new tax would only be an intolerable hardship upon the people," he says...