Word: labouring
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...them religion has been the most reluctant to admit the wisdom of control. The sacred writings of all religions make specific injunctions for generation, impugn sterility. The barren woman must hang her head; the fertile woman is praised, yet not glorified. Her labour is not pitied. However, the Protestant churches have begun to examine the problem. High prelates of the Church of England have advocated control. The Protestant Episcopal Church, at their San Francisco general conference last June listened to sane expositions (TIME July 4). Their viewpoint is, of course, ethical. They would balance a moral equation-their dogmatic injunctions...
Study, travel, and work are the fundamentals upon which every man's education should be based, Whiting Williams, labour consultant and author, who is lecturing this week at the Graduate School of Business Administration, told a CRIMSON reporter yesterday...
...with some amusement that the world saw Ramsey MacDonald; first Labour Prime Minister, pay his respect to the King of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales and Emperor of India as dutifully as ever did Lord Beaconsfield, Lord Wellington, or Lord North. It probably made Soviet ministers throw bombs, clench their teeth, bristle their whiskers and evince other characteristically Russian signs of displeasure. It reassured conservative England; at least radical viewpoints did not interfere with good taste...
...civilization of the Labour party went a step further with the marriage of the daughter of the labor leader, J. H. Thomas, which was a test of the Labor Party. They met it magnificently. The editor of "Tailor and Cutter" proclaimed that the guests at the wedding were sartorially unassailable. Not only did they wear coats and neckties, they wore cutaways and cravais. The editor was tremendously relieved: "Labor has grown up, has assumed responsibility and gone to a good tailor. . . . . There were leading Conservatives and Liberals present with lords and men of great possessions, but labor held...
...Conservatives, if one not registered at the polls or in the records of Parliament. There are a few who might prefer the attitude typified by two men now facing death in a Massachusetts prison who are proud of calloused hands. And yet again, it may be the top-hatted labour M. P.'s who will reach their goal sooner. The thought and laws of England have often changed but its polish remains the same...