Word: suddenly
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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High wage is the herald of high price. If an employer should suddenly put price down, it would be very difficult to reduce wage. But he cannot reduce price--he keeps it high to protect himself against increased cost of materials and sudden labor demands...
...sudden news that an important speaking trip will prevent ex-President Taft from speaking to members of the University two weeks hence on the League of Nations will disappoint very many students who hoped to hear him. Students, in fact most people in the country, are in need of just such a stimulus...
...opening the affirmative argument for the University, Slater Washburn '20 maintained that though he held no case for the liquor traffic, there are four distinct objections to the 18th Amendment in that it is too radical and sudden a change, encourages attempts to violate the law, discriminates in favor of the wealthy, and weakens the Constitution. The second speaker for the University Rudolf Protas Berle '19 argued that the operation of the amendment would lead to conflicts between the states and the national government, and that there is no popular sentiment to insure is enforcement. Jacob Joseph Tutun '20 closed...
...practically all cases these men who are returning to college life have a large expense to defray in procuring civilian clothing and other non-military equipment. The sudden termination of the war has financially embarrassed large numbers of undergraduates who have been in the service only for the short time since the draft age was lowered. The small amount of pay did not suffice to cover, in many cases, the deficit caused by lack of remuneration for expenses to and from Cambridge, which was the point of enrolment of the S. A. T. C. There were also many cases where...
...activity is to be permanent. Its chief purpose is to give the University authorities time to read-just the training program to meet the needs of a country at peace, and to replace the methods of the old R. O. T. C. and the S. A. T. C., where sudden necessity was the mother of many makeshifts, with a sound system that will become as much a part of the University as English A and the Freshman Dormitories. It is probable that this program will provide for a concentration of all field work and drill in the summer, with only...