Word: matter
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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...fact, this useless interregnum will be costly and dangerous whenever it occurs in troublous and critical times. In normal times we may overlook the waste it involves; but it becomes a matter of first rate moment in such times as this. We ought to take advantage of the present demonstration of its unpleasant possibilities to end it. Congress should submit an amendment to the states without unnecessary delay. Chicago Tribune
...these days of scientific fervor which have produced exhaustive charts and maps, even for the winds and stars, it is a difficult matter to play the role of a Marco Polo. Yet in this the guest of honor at the Union tonight has succeeded completely. He has explored unknown polar regions, discovered new peoples in new lands, and upset traditional theories. What more adventurous than to spend five years in the far-away North of the world, and then return with amazing information after all hope had been given...
...produce a fresh burst of laughter at every page; and above all, by the judicious employment of exaggeration, he never fails to achieve the desired effect. One can as easily read his essays without laughing as go swimming without getting wet; the ridiculous twists to his tales, the whimsical matter-of-factness with which he describes his characters and relates events seem to touch a hidden spring in the reader which necessarily provokes mirth...
...gate at the hands of the officers of the law and the factory officials. Moreover he considers it highly unjust that the foreman can fire him from his job for little or no reason and believes that in such a case he should have the right to bring the matter before a court of appeal...
Another important matter connected with the question of jobs is their rank. Because one man only receives a few cents more per day than another, most of us jump to the conclusion that they are very much on the same basis, but this is not true, or at least the workingman does not consider that it is so. A 'pair-heater' on a furnace in a rolling mill may get only a little more than his helper but, in the eyes of the workingman, his position is vastly more desirable. Among the workers in a plant there are a thousand...