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Word: provisionally (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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4) "Reduction of the working day to eight hours, provision for a two-weeks' summer vacation for workers and reduction of house rents for workers and employes."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Arise, Finland! | 12/11/1939 | See Source »

When a dusty copy of the will of T. Jefferson Coolidge came to light last spring, the Corporation discovered that for forty years it had been mistaken about that document. Instead of establishing an unrestricted fund to encourage debating, as had long been supposed, the will provided that the sum...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SHUT-EYE | 12/2/1939 | See Source »

Long since abandoned was the union's first objective-the closed shop. What Mr. Frankensteen wanted now was a change in bargaining procedure, asking that the procedure be tightened up, provision be made for arbitration of disputes not settled by earlier steps. Mr. Weckler said ho, arbitration was impossible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Turkey Talk | 11/27/1939 | See Source »

Night before he spoke his mind, the U. S. Maritime Commission in Washington announced its conditional approval of the transfer of eight ships of the United States Lines to the flag of the Republic of Panama. Banned from belligerent ports, banned from their regular North Atlantic runs because of the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Ethical Question | 11/20/1939 | See Source »

An intricate affair sprinkled throughout with "ifs," the treaty provided that: 1) all three nations will go to the others' help in case of war in the Mediterranean; 2) Turkey will aid Great Britain and France in honoring their guarantees to protect Greece and Rumania. Big condition in the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL FRONT: Victory | 10/30/1939 | See Source »

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