Word: tasks
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...make the world forget Mr. Hoover's constructive proposal to reduce armaments by one-third was the task to which Great Britain's most highly paid lawyer,* Sir John Simon, Foreign Secretary, devoted himself last week at Geneva...
Veterans: ". . . A difficult task. A careful study should be made with a view to elimination of inequalities and injustices and effecting all possible economies...
...essence of our task that we must act with speed! . . . Despair is a fortress which must be carried by storm and cannot be conquered by long siege." Putting on sham speed, the Conference adopted at once an agreement to "reserve . . . during the period of the conference . . . the execution of payments due to the powers participating." In effect this extended the European end of the Hoover Moratorium (which is to expire June 30) for as long as the delegates care to keep the Conference going...
...frequent contact between student and tutor, between sophomore and senior; worth-while conversation in the dining halls; the establishment of discussion groups and Economic societies, stimulated by visiting speakers at House gatherings; the propinquity of House libraries, have lent themselves to an emphasis on academic work as the central task in hand. Harvard has changed physically; but those who value it for the intangible things that have made it famous, may feel assured that the House Plan in its chief influence is one of these...
...finally accepted. So did the Senate. Signed by Speaker Garner and Vice President Curtis. H. R. 10236, An Act to Provide Revenue, Equalize Taxation and for other purposes, was .rushed to the White House for President Hoover's signature. After six turbulent months Congress had completed its major task of the session. If followed by a real economy bill and no emergency bills without their own revenue features, the tax bill made the Budget approximately safe for another year...