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In any event, it is obvious that the anti-trust laws did not prevent the formation of some of the greatest financial empires the world has ever known, held together by some of the most fantastic ideas, all based on the fundamental notion that a corporation is an individual who can trade and exchange goods without contr...	trade	{ "name": "trade", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the commercial exchange (buying and selling on domestic or international markets) of goods and services", "the skilled practice of a practical occupation", "the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers", "a particular instance of b...	[ "turn in as payment or part payment for a purchase" ]	[ "trade%2:40:00::" ]
In any event, it is obvious that the anti-trust laws did not prevent the formation of some of the greatest financial empires the world has ever known, held together by some of the most fantastic ideas, all based on the fundamental notion that a corporation is an individual who can trade and exchange goods without contr...	exchange	{ "name": "exchange", "sense_definitions_list": [ "chemical process in which one atom or ion or group changes places with another", "a mutual expression of views (especially an unpleasant one)", "the act of changing one thing for another thing", "the act of giving something in return for something r...	[ "exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category" ]	[ "exchange%2:30:00::" ]
This escape from control has led to management 's evaluating the risk of occasional irrational prosecution as worth while.	led	{ "name": "lead", "sense_definitions_list": [ "an advantage held by a competitor in a race", "a soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey", "evidence pointing to a possible solution", "a position of leadership (especially in the phr...	[ "have as a result or residue" ]	[ "lead%2:42:04::" ]
This escape from control has led to management 's evaluating the risk of occasional irrational prosecution as worth while.	evaluating	{ "name": "evaluate", "sense_definitions_list": [ "evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of", "form a critical opinion of" ] }	[ "evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of" ]	[ "evaluate%2:31:00::" ]
A plea of nolo contendere, followed by a nominal fine, after all is a small price to pay for this untrammeled license.	followed	{ "name": "follow", "sense_definitions_list": [ "to travel behind, go after, come after", "be later in time", "come as a logical consequence; follow logically", "travel along a certain course", "act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes", "come after in time, as a result", ...	[ "be later in time" ]	[ "follow%2:42:00::" ]
A plea of nolo contendere, followed by a nominal fine, after all is a small price to pay for this untrammeled license.	is	{ "name": "be", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element", "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)", "be identical to; be someone or something", "occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere", "have an ex...	[ "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)" ]	[ "be%2:42:03::" ]
A plea of nolo contendere, followed by a nominal fine, after all is a small price to pay for this untrammeled license.	pay	{ "name": "pay", "sense_definitions_list": [ "something that remunerates", "give money, usually in exchange for goods or services", "convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow", "cancel or discharge a debt", "bring in", "do or give something to somebody in return", "ded...	[ "convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow" ]	[ "pay%2:32:00::" ]
( The penalties handed out in the electrical case, which included jail sentences, were unprecedented in anti-trust prosecutions, perhaps because the conspirators had displayed unusual ineptness in their pricing activities. )	handed out	{ "name": "hand_out", "sense_definitions_list": [ "give to several people" ] }	[ "give to several people" ]	[ "hand_out%2:40:00::" ]
( The penalties handed out in the electrical case, which included jail sentences, were unprecedented in anti-trust prosecutions, perhaps because the conspirators had displayed unusual ineptness in their pricing activities. )	included	{ "name": "include", "sense_definitions_list": [ "have as a part, be made up out of", "consider as part of something", "add as part of something else; put in as part of a set, group, or category", "allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and respo...	[ "have as a part, be made up out of" ]	[ "include%2:42:00::" ]
( The penalties handed out in the electrical case, which included jail sentences, were unprecedented in anti-trust prosecutions, perhaps because the conspirators had displayed unusual ineptness in their pricing activities. )	were	{ "name": "be", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element", "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)", "be identical to; be someone or something", "occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere", "have an ex...	[ "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)" ]	[ "be%2:42:03::" ]
If a substitute mechanism is needed for the control of a fictitious impersonal market, quite obviously some method must be devised for representing the public interest.	needed	{ "name": "need", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a condition requiring relief", "anything that is necessary but lacking", "the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior", "a state of ext...	[ "have need of" ]	[ "need%2:34:00::" ]
If a substitute mechanism is needed for the control of a fictitious impersonal market, quite obviously some method must be devised for representing the public interest.	devised	{ "name": "devise", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a will disposing of real property", "(law) a gift of real property by will", "come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort", "arrange by systematic planning and united effort", "give by will, especially rea...	[ "come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort" ]	[ "devise%2:36:00::" ]
If a substitute mechanism is needed for the control of a fictitious impersonal market, quite obviously some method must be devised for representing the public interest.	representing	{ "name": "represent", "sense_definitions_list": [ "take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to", "express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol", "be representative or typical for", "be a delegate or spokesperson for; represent somebody's interest or be a proxy or substitute for...	[ "serve as a means of expressing something" ]	[ "represent%2:32:00::" ]
A secret conspiracy of manufacturers is hardly such a vehicle.	is	{ "name": "be", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element", "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)", "be identical to; be someone or something", "occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere", "have an ex...	[ "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)" ]	[ "be%2:42:03::" ]
However, one can argue that no such control is necessary as long as one pretends that the anti-trust laws are effective and rational.	argue	{ "name": "argue", "sense_definitions_list": [ "present reasons and arguments", "have an argument about something", "give evidence of" ] }	[ "present reasons and arguments" ]	[ "argue%2:32:02::" ]
However, one can argue that no such control is necessary as long as one pretends that the anti-trust laws are effective and rational.	is	{ "name": "be", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element", "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)", "be identical to; be someone or something", "occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere", "have an ex...	[ "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)" ]	[ "be%2:42:03::" ]
However, one can argue that no such control is necessary as long as one pretends that the anti-trust laws are effective and rational.	pretends	{ "name": "pretend", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the enactment of a pretense", "make believe with the intent to deceive", "behave unnaturally or affectedly", "put forward a claim and assert right or possession of", "put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation", "represent ficti...	[ "make believe with the intent to deceive" ]	[ "pretend%2:32:00::" ]
However, one can argue that no such control is necessary as long as one pretends that the anti-trust laws are effective and rational.	are	{ "name": "be", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element", "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)", "be identical to; be someone or something", "occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere", "have an ex...	[ "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)" ]	[ "be%2:42:03::" ]
Quite clearly the anti-trust laws are neither effective nor rational - and yet the argument goes that they should be extended to the labor union.	are	{ "name": "be", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element", "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)", "be identical to; be someone or something", "occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere", "have an ex...	[ "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)" ]	[ "be%2:42:03::" ]
Quite clearly the anti-trust laws are neither effective nor rational - and yet the argument goes that they should be extended to the labor union.	goes	{ "name": "go", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)", "street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine", "a usually brief attempt", "a board game for two players who place counters on a grid; the object is to surround and so capture the o...	[ "have a particular form" ]	[ "go%2:42:02::" ]
Quite clearly the anti-trust laws are neither effective nor rational - and yet the argument goes that they should be extended to the labor union.	extended	{ "name": "extend", "sense_definitions_list": [ "extend in scope or range or area", "stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point", "span an interval of distance, space or time", "make available; provide", "thrust or extend out", ...	[ "make available; provide" ]	[ "extend%2:40:05::" ]
Those who favor placing trade unions under anti-trust laws imply that they are advocating a brand new reform.	favor	{ "name": "favor", "sense_definitions_list": [ "an act of gracious kindness", "an advantage to the benefit of someone or something", "an inclination to approve", "a feeling of favorable regard", "souvenir consisting of a small gift given to a guest at a party", "promote over another", "c...	[ "consider as the favorite" ]	[ "favor%2:31:00::" ]
Those who favor placing trade unions under anti-trust laws imply that they are advocating a brand new reform.	placing	{ "name": "place", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a point located with respect to surface features of some region", "any area set aside for a particular purpose", "an abstract mental location", "a general vicinity", "the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another", ...	[ "place somebody in a particular situation or location" ]	[ "place%2:41:01::" ]
Those who favor placing trade unions under anti-trust laws imply that they are advocating a brand new reform.	imply	{ "name": "imply", "sense_definitions_list": [ "express or state indirectly", "suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic", "have as a logical consequence", "suggest that someone is guilty", "have as a necessary feature" ] }	[ "express or state indirectly" ]	[ "imply%2:32:00::" ]
Those who favor placing trade unions under anti-trust laws imply that they are advocating a brand new reform.	advocating	{ "name": "advocate", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea", "a lawyer who pleads cases in court", "push for something", "speak, plead, or argue in favor of" ] }	[ "push for something" ]	[ "advocate%2:32:00::" ]
Before 1933, individuals who opposed trade unions and collective bargaining said so in plain English.	opposed	{ "name": "oppose", "sense_definitions_list": [ "be against; express opposition to", "fight against or resist strongly", "contrast with equal weight or force", "set into opposition or rivalry", "act against or in opposition to", "be resistant to" ] }	[ "be against; express opposition to" ]	[ "oppose%2:32:01::" ]
Before 1933, individuals who opposed trade unions and collective bargaining said so in plain English.	said	{ "name": "say", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the chance to speak", "express in words", "report or maintain", "express a supposition", "have or contain a certain wording or form", "give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority", "speak, pronounce, or utter in a c...	[ "express in words" ]	[ "say%2:32:00::" ]
The acceptance of collective bargaining as a national policy in 1934, implicit in the writing of Section 7 A of the National Industrial Recovery Act, has made it impolitic to oppose collective bargaining in principle.	writing	{ "name": "write", "sense_definitions_list": [ "produce a literary work", "communicate or express by writing", "have (one's written work) issued for publication", "communicate (with) in writing", "communicate by letter", "write music", "mark or trace on a surface", "record data on a ...	[ "produce a literary work" ]	[ "write%2:36:00::" ]
The acceptance of collective bargaining as a national policy in 1934, implicit in the writing of Section 7 A of the National Industrial Recovery Act, has made it impolitic to oppose collective bargaining in principle.	made	{ "name": "make", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a recognizable kind", "the act of mixing cards haphazardly", "engage in", "give certain properties to something", "make or cause to be or to become", "cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner", "give rise to; cause to happen or occur,...	[ "give certain properties to something" ]	[ "make%2:30:00::" ]
The acceptance of collective bargaining as a national policy in 1934, implicit in the writing of Section 7 A of the National Industrial Recovery Act, has made it impolitic to oppose collective bargaining in principle.	oppose	{ "name": "oppose", "sense_definitions_list": [ "be against; express opposition to", "fight against or resist strongly", "contrast with equal weight or force", "set into opposition or rivalry", "act against or in opposition to", "be resistant to" ] }	[ "be against; express opposition to" ]	[ "oppose%2:32:01::" ]
The Wagner Act, the Taft-Hartley Act and the Landrum-Griffin Act all endorse the principle of collective bargaining.	endorse	{ "name": "endorse", "sense_definitions_list": [ "be behind; approve of", "give support or one's approval to", "guarantee as meeting a certain standard", "sign as evidence of legal transfer" ] }	[ "be behind; approve of" ]	[ "endorse%2:41:00::" ]
The basic purpose of an effective collective-bargaining system is the removal of wages from competition.	is	{ "name": "be", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element", "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)", "be identical to; be someone or something", "occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere", "have an ex...	[ "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)" ]	[ "be%2:42:03::" ]
If a union cannot perform this function, then collective bargaining is being palmed off by organizers as a gigantic fraud.	perform	{ "name": "perform", "sense_definitions_list": [ "carry out or perform an action", "perform a function", "give a performance (of something)", "get (something) done" ] }	[ "perform a function" ]	[ "perform%2:41:02::" ]
If a union cannot perform this function, then collective bargaining is being palmed off by organizers as a gigantic fraud.	palmed off	{ "name": "palm_off", "sense_definitions_list": [ "sell as genuine, sell with the intention to deceive" ] }	[ "sell as genuine, sell with the intention to deceive" ]	[ "palm_off%2:40:00::" ]
The tortured reasoning that unions use to deny their ambition to exercise monopoly power over the supply and price of labor is one of the things that create a legal profession.	use	{ "name": "use", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the act of using", "what something is used for", "a particular service", "(economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing", "(psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be ...	[ "put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose" ]	[ "use%2:34:01::" ]
The tortured reasoning that unions use to deny their ambition to exercise monopoly power over the supply and price of labor is one of the things that create a legal profession.	deny	{ "name": "deny", "sense_definitions_list": [ "declare untrue; contradict", "refuse to accept or believe", "refuse to grant, as of a petition or request", "refuse to let have", "deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure", "deny formally (an allegation of ...	[ "declare untrue; contradict" ]	[ "deny%2:32:00::" ]
The tortured reasoning that unions use to deny their ambition to exercise monopoly power over the supply and price of labor is one of the things that create a legal profession.	exercise	{ "name": "exercise", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit", "the act of using", "systematic training by multiple repetitions", "a task performed or problem solved in order to develop skill or understanding", "(usually plural) a ceremony ...	[ "put to use" ]	[ "exercise%2:34:00::" ]
The tortured reasoning that unions use to deny their ambition to exercise monopoly power over the supply and price of labor is one of the things that create a legal profession.	is	{ "name": "be", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element", "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)", "be identical to; be someone or something", "occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere", "have an ex...	[ "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)" ]	[ "be%2:42:03::" ]
The tortured reasoning that unions use to deny their ambition to exercise monopoly power over the supply and price of labor is one of the things that create a legal profession.	create	{ "name": "create", "sense_definitions_list": [ "make or cause to be or to become", "bring into existence", "pursue a creative activity; be engaged in a creative activity", "invest with a new title, office, or rank", "create by artistic means", "create or manufacture a man-made product" ] ...	[ "make or cause to be or to become" ]	[ "create%2:36:00::" ]
The problem must be faced squarely.	faced	{ "name": "face", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear", "the feelings expressed on a person's face", "the general outward appearance of something", "the striking or working surface of an implement", "a part of a person that is use...	[ "deal with (something unpleasant) head on" ]	[ "face%2:32:00::" ]
If laborers are merely commodities competing against each other in a market place like so many bags of wheat and corn ( unsupported, by the way, by any agricultural subsidy ), then they may be pardoned for reacting with complete antagonism to a system that imposes such status upon them.	are	{ "name": "be", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element", "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)", "be identical to; be someone or something", "occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere", "have an ex...	[ "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)" ]	[ "be%2:42:03::" ]
If laborers are merely commodities competing against each other in a market place like so many bags of wheat and corn ( unsupported, by the way, by any agricultural subsidy ), then they may be pardoned for reacting with complete antagonism to a system that imposes such status upon them.	competing	{ "name": "compete", "sense_definitions_list": [ "compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others" ] }	[ "compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others" ]	[ "compete%2:33:00::" ]
If laborers are merely commodities competing against each other in a market place like so many bags of wheat and corn ( unsupported, by the way, by any agricultural subsidy ), then they may be pardoned for reacting with complete antagonism to a system that imposes such status upon them.	pardoned	{ "name": "pardon", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the act of excusing a mistake or offense", "a warrant granting release from punishment for an offense", "the formal act of liberating someone", "accept an excuse for", "grant a pardon to" ] }	[ "accept an excuse for" ]	[ "pardon%2:32:01::" ]
If laborers are merely commodities competing against each other in a market place like so many bags of wheat and corn ( unsupported, by the way, by any agricultural subsidy ), then they may be pardoned for reacting with complete antagonism to a system that imposes such status upon them.	reacting	{ "name": "react", "sense_definitions_list": [ "show a response or a reaction to something", "act against or in opposition to", "undergo a chemical reaction; react with another substance under certain conditions" ] }	[ "show a response or a reaction to something" ]	[ "react%2:31:00::" ]
If laborers are merely commodities competing against each other in a market place like so many bags of wheat and corn ( unsupported, by the way, by any agricultural subsidy ), then they may be pardoned for reacting with complete antagonism to a system that imposes such status upon them.	imposes	{ "name": "impose", "sense_definitions_list": [ "compel to behave in a certain way", "impose something unpleasant", "impose and collect" ] }	[ "impose something unpleasant" ]	[ "impose%2:32:00::" ]
Human labor was exactly that - a commodity - in eighteenth - and nineteenth-century America.	was	{ "name": "be", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element", "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)", "be identical to; be someone or something", "occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere", "have an ex...	[ "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)" ]	[ "be%2:42:03::" ]
As early as 1776, Adam Smith wrote in The Wealth of Nations : `` We have no acts of Parliament against combining to lower the price of work ; but many against combining to raise it ''.	wrote	{ "name": "write", "sense_definitions_list": [ "produce a literary work", "communicate or express by writing", "have (one's written work) issued for publication", "communicate (with) in writing", "communicate by letter", "write music", "mark or trace on a surface", "record data on a ...	[ "have (one's written work) issued for publication" ]	[ "write%2:36:02::" ]
As early as 1776, Adam Smith wrote in The Wealth of Nations : `` We have no acts of Parliament against combining to lower the price of work ; but many against combining to raise it ''.	have	{ "name": "have", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a person who possesses great material wealth", "have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense", "have as a feature", "go through (mental or physical states or experiences)", "have ownership or possession of", "cause to move; cause t...	[ "have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense" ]	[ "have%2:40:00::" ]
As early as 1776, Adam Smith wrote in The Wealth of Nations : `` We have no acts of Parliament against combining to lower the price of work ; but many against combining to raise it ''.	combining	{ "name": "combine", "sense_definitions_list": [ "harvester that heads and threshes and cleans grain while moving across the field", "a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service", "an occurrence that results...	[ "join for a common purpose or in a common action" ]	[ "combine%2:41:00::" ]
As early as 1776, Adam Smith wrote in The Wealth of Nations : `` We have no acts of Parliament against combining to lower the price of work ; but many against combining to raise it ''.	lower	{ "name": "lower", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the lower of two berths", "move something or somebody to a lower position", "set lower", "make lower or quieter", "cause to drop or sink", "look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval", "less than normal in deg...	[ "set lower" ]	[ "lower%2:30:01::" ]
As early as 1776, Adam Smith wrote in The Wealth of Nations : `` We have no acts of Parliament against combining to lower the price of work ; but many against combining to raise it ''.	combining	{ "name": "combine", "sense_definitions_list": [ "harvester that heads and threshes and cleans grain while moving across the field", "a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service", "an occurrence that results...	[ "join for a common purpose or in a common action" ]	[ "combine%2:41:00::" ]
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Eighteenth-century England, upon whose customs our common law was built, had outlawed unions as monopolies and conspiracies.	built	{ "name": "build", "sense_definitions_list": [ "constitution of the human body", "alternative names for the body of a human being", "make by combining materials and parts", "form or accumulate steadily", "build or establish something abstract", "improve the cleansing action of", "order, ...	[ "build or establish something abstract" ]	[ "build%2:36:09::" ]
Eighteenth-century England, upon whose customs our common law was built, had outlawed unions as monopolies and conspiracies.	outlawed	{ "name": "outlaw", "sense_definitions_list": [ "someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime", "declare illegal; outlaw", "contrary to or forbidden by law", "disobedient to or defiant of law" ] }	[ "declare illegal; outlaw" ]	[ "outlaw%2:41:00::" ]
In 1825, the Boston house carpenters ' strike for a ten-hour day was denounced by the organized employers, who declared : `` It is considered that all combinations by any classes of citizens intended to effect the value of labor tend to convert all its branches into monopolies ''.	denounced	{ "name": "denounce", "sense_definitions_list": [ "speak out against", "to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful", "announce the termination of, as of treaties", "give away information about somebody" ] }	[ "speak out against" ]	[ "denounce%2:32:00::" ]
In 1825, the Boston house carpenters ' strike for a ten-hour day was denounced by the organized employers, who declared : `` It is considered that all combinations by any classes of citizens intended to effect the value of labor tend to convert all its branches into monopolies ''.	declared	{ "name": "declare", "sense_definitions_list": [ "state emphatically and authoritatively", "announce publicly or officially", "state firmly", "declare to be", "authorize payments of", "designate (a trump suit or no-trump) with the final bid of a hand", "make a declaration (of dutiable go...	[ "state emphatically and authoritatively" ]	[ "declare%2:32:00::" ]
In 1825, the Boston house carpenters ' strike for a ten-hour day was denounced by the organized employers, who declared : `` It is considered that all combinations by any classes of citizens intended to effect the value of labor tend to convert all its branches into monopolies ''.	considered	{ "name": "consider", "sense_definitions_list": [ "deem to be", "give careful consideration to", "take into consideration for exemplifying purposes", "show consideration for; take into account", "think about carefully; weigh", "judge or regard; look upon; judge", "look at attentively", ...	[ "deem to be" ]	[ "consider%2:31:00::" ]
In 1825, the Boston house carpenters ' strike for a ten-hour day was denounced by the organized employers, who declared : `` It is considered that all combinations by any classes of citizens intended to effect the value of labor tend to convert all its branches into monopolies ''.	intended	{ "name": "intend", "sense_definitions_list": [ "have in mind as a purpose", "design or destine", "mean or intend to express or convey", "denote or connote" ] }	[ "have in mind as a purpose" ]	[ "intend%2:31:00::" ]
In 1825, the Boston house carpenters ' strike for a ten-hour day was denounced by the organized employers, who declared : `` It is considered that all combinations by any classes of citizens intended to effect the value of labor tend to convert all its branches into monopolies ''.	effect	{ "name": "affect", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion", "have an effect upon", "act physically on; have an effect upon", "connect closely and often incriminatingly", "make believe with the intent to deceive", "have an emotional or cognitive im...	[ "have an effect upon" ]	[ "affect%2:30:00::" ]
In 1825, the Boston house carpenters ' strike for a ten-hour day was denounced by the organized employers, who declared : `` It is considered that all combinations by any classes of citizens intended to effect the value of labor tend to convert all its branches into monopolies ''.	tend	{ "name": "tend", "sense_definitions_list": [ "have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined", "have care of or look after", "manage or run" ] }	[ "have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined" ]	[ "tend%2:42:01::" ]
In 1825, the Boston house carpenters ' strike for a ten-hour day was denounced by the organized employers, who declared : `` It is considered that all combinations by any classes of citizens intended to effect the value of labor tend to convert all its branches into monopolies ''.	convert	{ "name": "convert", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a person who has been converted to another religious or political belief", "change from one system to another or to a new plan or policy", "change the nature, purpose, or function of something", "change religious beliefs, or adopt a religious belief"...	[ "change from one system to another or to a new plan or policy" ]	[ "convert%2:30:00::" ]
There were no pious hypocrisies then about being for collective bargaining, but against labor monopoly.	were	{ "name": "be", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element", "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)", "be identical to; be someone or something", "occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere", "have an ex...	[ "happen, occur, take place" ]	[ "be%2:42:04::" ]
There were no pious hypocrisies then about being for collective bargaining, but against labor monopoly.	being	{ "name": "be", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element", "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)", "be identical to; be someone or something", "occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere", "have an ex...	[ "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)" ]	[ "be%2:42:03::" ]
The courts shared the opinion of the employers.	shared	{ "name": "share", "sense_definitions_list": [ "assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group", "any of the equal portions into which the capital stock of a corporation is divided and ownership of which is evidenced by a stock certificate", "the allotment of some amount b...	[ "have in common" ]	[ "share%2:42:00::" ]
In People vs. Fisher, Justice Savage of the New York Supreme Court declared :	declared	{ "name": "declare", "sense_definitions_list": [ "state emphatically and authoritatively", "announce publicly or officially", "state firmly", "declare to be", "authorize payments of", "designate (a trump suit or no-trump) with the final bid of a hand", "make a declaration (of dutiable go...	[ "state emphatically and authoritatively" ]	[ "declare%2:32:00::" ]
`` Without any officious and improper interference on the subject, the price of labor or the wages of mechanics will be regulated by the demand for the manufactured article and the value of that which is paid for it ; but the right does not exist to raise the wages of the mechanic by any forced and artificial means ''.	regulated	{ "name": "regulate", "sense_definitions_list": [ "fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of", "bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations", "shape or influence; give direction to", "check the emission of (sound)" ] }	[ "shape or influence; give direction to" ]	[ "regulate%2:31:00::" ]
`` Without any officious and improper interference on the subject, the price of labor or the wages of mechanics will be regulated by the demand for the manufactured article and the value of that which is paid for it ; but the right does not exist to raise the wages of the mechanic by any forced and artificial means ''.	paid	{ "name": "pay", "sense_definitions_list": [ "something that remunerates", "give money, usually in exchange for goods or services", "convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow", "cancel or discharge a debt", "bring in", "do or give something to somebody in return", "ded...	[ "give money, usually in exchange for goods or services" ]	[ "pay%2:40:00::" ]
`` Without any officious and improper interference on the subject, the price of labor or the wages of mechanics will be regulated by the demand for the manufactured article and the value of that which is paid for it ; but the right does not exist to raise the wages of the mechanic by any forced and artificial means ''.	exist	{ "name": "exist", "sense_definitions_list": [ "have an existence, be extant", "support oneself" ] }	[ "have an existence, be extant" ]	[ "exist%2:42:00::" ]
`` Without any officious and improper interference on the subject, the price of labor or the wages of mechanics will be regulated by the demand for the manufactured article and the value of that which is paid for it ; but the right does not exist to raise the wages of the mechanic by any forced and artificial means ''.	raise	{ "name": "raise", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the amount a salary is increased", "an upward slope or grade (as in a road)", "increasing the size of a bet (as in poker)", "the act of raising something", "raise the level or amount of something", "raise from a lower to a higher position", ...	[ "raise the level or amount of something" ]	[ "raise%2:30:01::" ]
Compare this statement of a nineteenth-century judge with how Congressman Martin, according to the Daily Labor Report of Sept. 19, 1961, defends the necessity of enacting anti-trust legislation in the field of labor `` if we wish to prevent monopolistic fixing of wages, production or prices and if we wish to preserve t...	Compare	{ "name": "compare", "sense_definitions_list": [ "qualities that are comparable", "examine and note the similarities or differences of", "be comparable", "consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous", "to form the comparative or superlative form on an adjective or adverb" ] }	[ "examine and note the similarities or differences of" ]	[ "compare%2:31:00::" ]
Compare this statement of a nineteenth-century judge with how Congressman Martin, according to the Daily Labor Report of Sept. 19, 1961, defends the necessity of enacting anti-trust legislation in the field of labor `` if we wish to prevent monopolistic fixing of wages, production or prices and if we wish to preserve t...	defends	{ "name": "defend", "sense_definitions_list": [ "argue or speak in defense of", "be on the defensive; act against an attack", "protect against a challenge or attack", "fight against or resist strongly", "protect or fight for as a champion", "be the defense counsel for someone in a trial", ...	[ "argue or speak in defense of" ]	[ "defend%2:32:00::" ]
Compare this statement of a nineteenth-century judge with how Congressman Martin, according to the Daily Labor Report of Sept. 19, 1961, defends the necessity of enacting anti-trust legislation in the field of labor `` if we wish to prevent monopolistic fixing of wages, production or prices and if we wish to preserve t...	enacting	{ "name": "enact", "sense_definitions_list": [ "order by virtue of superior authority; decree", "act out; represent or perform as if in a play" ] }	[ "order by virtue of superior authority; decree" ]	[ "enact%2:41:00::" ]
Compare this statement of a nineteenth-century judge with how Congressman Martin, according to the Daily Labor Report of Sept. 19, 1961, defends the necessity of enacting anti-trust legislation in the field of labor `` if we wish to prevent monopolistic fixing of wages, production or prices and if we wish to preserve t...	prevent	{ "name": "prevent", "sense_definitions_list": [ "keep from happening or arising; make impossible", "stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state" ] }	[ "keep from happening or arising; make impossible" ]	[ "prevent%2:41:01::" ]
Compare this statement of a nineteenth-century judge with how Congressman Martin, according to the Daily Labor Report of Sept. 19, 1961, defends the necessity of enacting anti-trust legislation in the field of labor `` if we wish to prevent monopolistic fixing of wages, production or prices and if we wish to preserve t...	preserve	{ "name": "preserve", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a domain that seems to be specially reserved for someone", "a reservation where animals are protected", "fruit preserved by cooking with sugar", "keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last", "keep in safety and protect from...	[ "keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last" ]	[ "preserve%2:42:00::" ]
Compare this statement of a nineteenth-century judge with how Congressman Martin, according to the Daily Labor Report of Sept. 19, 1961, defends the necessity of enacting anti-trust legislation in the field of labor `` if we wish to prevent monopolistic fixing of wages, production or prices and if we wish to preserve t...	contract	{ "name": "contract", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law", "(contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make", "a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward...	[ "enter into a contractual arrangement" ]	[ "contract%2:32:00::" ]
Senator McClellan is proposing the application of anti-trust measures to unions in transportation.	proposing	{ "name": "propose", "sense_definitions_list": [ "make a proposal, declare a plan for something", "present for consideration, examination, criticism, etc.", "propose or intend", "put forward; nominate for appointment to an office or for an honor or position", "ask (someone) to marry you" ] }	[ "present for consideration, examination, criticism, etc." ]	[ "propose%2:31:00::" ]
His bill, allegedly aimed at Hoffa, would amend the Sherman, Clayton and Norris-LaGuardia acts to authorize the issuance of federal injunctions in any transportation strike and would make it illegal for any union to act in concert with any other union - even a sister local in the same international.	aimed	{ "name": "aim", "sense_definitions_list": [ "an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions", "the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable)", "the action of directing something at an object", "the direction or path along which something move...	[ "move into a desired direction of discourse" ]	[ "aim%2:32:09::" ]
His bill, allegedly aimed at Hoffa, would amend the Sherman, Clayton and Norris-LaGuardia acts to authorize the issuance of federal injunctions in any transportation strike and would make it illegal for any union to act in concert with any other union - even a sister local in the same international.	amend	{ "name": "amend", "sense_definitions_list": [ "make amendments to", "to make better", "set straight or right" ] }	[ "make amendments to" ]	[ "amend%2:32:00::" ]
His bill, allegedly aimed at Hoffa, would amend the Sherman, Clayton and Norris-LaGuardia acts to authorize the issuance of federal injunctions in any transportation strike and would make it illegal for any union to act in concert with any other union - even a sister local in the same international.	authorize	{ "name": "authorize", "sense_definitions_list": [ "grant authorization or clearance for", "give or delegate power or authority to" ] }	[ "grant authorization or clearance for" ]	[ "authorize%2:32:00::" ]
His bill, allegedly aimed at Hoffa, would amend the Sherman, Clayton and Norris-LaGuardia acts to authorize the issuance of federal injunctions in any transportation strike and would make it illegal for any union to act in concert with any other union - even a sister local in the same international.	make	{ "name": "make", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a recognizable kind", "the act of mixing cards haphazardly", "engage in", "give certain properties to something", "make or cause to be or to become", "cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner", "give rise to; cause to happen or occur,...	[ "give certain properties to something" ]	[ "make%2:30:00::" ]
His bill, allegedly aimed at Hoffa, would amend the Sherman, Clayton and Norris-LaGuardia acts to authorize the issuance of federal injunctions in any transportation strike and would make it illegal for any union to act in concert with any other union - even a sister local in the same international.	act	{ "name": "act", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body", "something that people do or cause to happen", "a subdivision of a play or opera or ballet", "a short theatrical performance that is part of a longer p...	[ "perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)" ]	[ "act%2:41:00::" ]
Paradoxically, the same week in which Senator McClellan was attempting to extend the anti-trust act to labor in transportation, the Civil Aeronautics Board was assuring the airlines that if they met in concert to eliminate many costly features of air travel, the action would not be deemed a violation of the anti-trust ...	attempting	{ "name": "attempt", "sense_definitions_list": [ "earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something", "the act of attacking", "make an effort or attempt", "enter upon an activity or enterprise" ] }	[ "make an effort or attempt" ]	[ "attempt%2:41:00::" ]
Paradoxically, the same week in which Senator McClellan was attempting to extend the anti-trust act to labor in transportation, the Civil Aeronautics Board was assuring the airlines that if they met in concert to eliminate many costly features of air travel, the action would not be deemed a violation of the anti-trust ...	extend	{ "name": "extend", "sense_definitions_list": [ "extend in scope or range or area", "stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point", "span an interval of distance, space or time", "make available; provide", "thrust or extend out", ...	[ "extend in scope or range or area" ]	[ "extend%2:30:01::" ]
Paradoxically, the same week in which Senator McClellan was attempting to extend the anti-trust act to labor in transportation, the Civil Aeronautics Board was assuring the airlines that if they met in concert to eliminate many costly features of air travel, the action would not be deemed a violation of the anti-trust ...	assuring	{ "name": "assure", "sense_definitions_list": [ "make certain of", "inform positively and with certainty and confidence", "assure somebody of the truth of something with the intention of giving the listener confidence", "be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something", "cause t...	[ "inform positively and with certainty and confidence" ]	[ "assure%2:32:00::" ]
Paradoxically, the same week in which Senator McClellan was attempting to extend the anti-trust act to labor in transportation, the Civil Aeronautics Board was assuring the airlines that if they met in concert to eliminate many costly features of air travel, the action would not be deemed a violation of the anti-trust ...	met	{ "name": "meet", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held", "come together", "get together socially or for a specific purpose", "be adjacent or come together", "fill or meet a want or need", "satisfy a condition or restriction", "satisfy or ...	[ "collect in one place" ]	[ "meet%2:41:00::" ]
Paradoxically, the same week in which Senator McClellan was attempting to extend the anti-trust act to labor in transportation, the Civil Aeronautics Board was assuring the airlines that if they met in concert to eliminate many costly features of air travel, the action would not be deemed a violation of the anti-trust ...	eliminate	{ "name": "eliminate", "sense_definitions_list": [ "terminate, end, or take out", "do away with", "kill in large numbers", "dismiss from consideration or a contest", "eliminate from the body", "remove from a contest or race", "remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations" ] ...	[ "terminate, end, or take out" ]	[ "eliminate%2:30:01::" ]
Paradoxically, the same week in which Senator McClellan was attempting to extend the anti-trust act to labor in transportation, the Civil Aeronautics Board was assuring the airlines that if they met in concert to eliminate many costly features of air travel, the action would not be deemed a violation of the anti-trust ...	deemed	{ "name": "deem", "sense_definitions_list": [ "keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view" ] }	[ "keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view" ]	[ "deem%2:31:00::" ]
Indeed, it is in the field of transportation that Congress has most frequently granted employers exemption from the anti-trust laws ; for example, the organization of steamship conferences to set freight rates and the encouragement of railroads to seek mergers.	is	{ "name": "be", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element", "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)", "be identical to; be someone or something", "occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere", "have an ex...	[ "occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere" ]	[ "be%2:42:05::" ]
Indeed, it is in the field of transportation that Congress has most frequently granted employers exemption from the anti-trust laws ; for example, the organization of steamship conferences to set freight rates and the encouragement of railroads to seek mergers.	granted	{ "name": "grant", "sense_definitions_list": [ "any monetary aid", "the act of providing a subsidy", "(law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance", "Scottish painter; cousin of Lytton Strachey and member of the Bloomsbury Group (1885-1978)", "United States actor (born in England) who was ...	[ "allow to have" ]	[ "grant%2:40:00::" ]
Indeed, it is in the field of transportation that Congress has most frequently granted employers exemption from the anti-trust laws ; for example, the organization of steamship conferences to set freight rates and the encouragement of railroads to seek mergers.	set	{ "name": "set", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used", "(mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols", "several exercises intended to be done in series", "representation consisting of the scenery and other properties used...	[ "fix conclusively or authoritatively" ]	[ "set%2:31:04::" ]
Indeed, it is in the field of transportation that Congress has most frequently granted employers exemption from the anti-trust laws ; for example, the organization of steamship conferences to set freight rates and the encouragement of railroads to seek mergers.	seek	{ "name": "seek", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the movement of a read/write head to a specific data track on a disk", "try to get or reach", "try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of", "make an effort or attempt", "go to or towards", "inquire for" ] }	[ "try to get or reach" ]	[ "seek%2:40:00::" ]
At the very moment that every attempt is being made to take management out from under the irrationality of anti-trust legislation, a drive is on to abolish collective bargaining under the guise of extending the anti-monopoly laws to unions who want no more than to continue to set wages in the same way that ship operato...	made	{ "name": "make", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a recognizable kind", "the act of mixing cards haphazardly", "engage in", "give certain properties to something", "make or cause to be or to become", "cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner", "give rise to; cause to happen or occur,...	[ "engage in" ]	[ "make%2:41:00::" ]
At the very moment that every attempt is being made to take management out from under the irrationality of anti-trust legislation, a drive is on to abolish collective bargaining under the guise of extending the anti-monopoly laws to unions who want no more than to continue to set wages in the same way that ship operato...	take	{ "name": "take_out", "sense_definitions_list": [ "cause to leave", "remove from its packing", "take out or remove", "obtain by legal or official process", "make a date", "remove something from a container or an enclosed space", "purchase prepared food to be eaten at home", "remove (...	[ "take out or remove" ]	[ "take_out%2:30:00::" ]
At the very moment that every attempt is being made to take management out from under the irrationality of anti-trust legislation, a drive is on to abolish collective bargaining under the guise of extending the anti-monopoly laws to unions who want no more than to continue to set wages in the same way that ship operato...	is	{ "name": "be", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element", "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)", "be identical to; be someone or something", "occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere", "have an ex...	[ "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)" ]	[ "be%2:42:03::" ]
At the very moment that every attempt is being made to take management out from under the irrationality of anti-trust legislation, a drive is on to abolish collective bargaining under the guise of extending the anti-monopoly laws to unions who want no more than to continue to set wages in the same way that ship operato...	abolish	{ "name": "abolish", "sense_definitions_list": [ "do away with" ] }	[ "do away with" ]	[ "abolish%2:41:00::" ]
At the very moment that every attempt is being made to take management out from under the irrationality of anti-trust legislation, a drive is on to abolish collective bargaining under the guise of extending the anti-monopoly laws to unions who want no more than to continue to set wages in the same way that ship operato...	extending	{ "name": "extend", "sense_definitions_list": [ "extend in scope or range or area", "stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point", "span an interval of distance, space or time", "make available; provide", "thrust or extend out", ...	[ "extend in scope or range or area" ]	[ "extend%2:30:01::" ]
At the very moment that every attempt is being made to take management out from under the irrationality of anti-trust legislation, a drive is on to abolish collective bargaining under the guise of extending the anti-monopoly laws to unions who want no more than to continue to set wages in the same way that ship operato...	want	{ "name": "want", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a state of extreme poverty", "the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable", "anything that is necessary but lacking", "a specific feeling of desire", "feel or have a desire for; want strongly", "have need of", "hunt or look ...	[ "feel or have a desire for; want strongly" ]	[ "want%2:37:00::" ]
At the very moment that every attempt is being made to take management out from under the irrationality of anti-trust legislation, a drive is on to abolish collective bargaining under the guise of extending the anti-monopoly laws to unions who want no more than to continue to set wages in the same way that ship operato...	continue	{ "name": "continue", "sense_definitions_list": [ "continue a certain state, condition, or activity", "continue talking; he continued,", "keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last", "move ahead; travel onward in time or space", "allow to remain in a place or position or m...	[ "continue talking; he continued," ]	[ "continue%2:32:00::" ]
At the very moment that every attempt is being made to take management out from under the irrationality of anti-trust legislation, a drive is on to abolish collective bargaining under the guise of extending the anti-monopoly laws to unions who want no more than to continue to set wages in the same way that ship operato...	set	{ "name": "set", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used", "(mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols", "several exercises intended to be done in series", "representation consisting of the scenery and other properties used...	[ "fix conclusively or authoritatively" ]	[ "set%2:31:04::" ]
At the very moment that every attempt is being made to take management out from under the irrationality of anti-trust legislation, a drive is on to abolish collective bargaining under the guise of extending the anti-monopoly laws to unions who want no more than to continue to set wages in the same way that ship operato...	set	{ "name": "set", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used", "(mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols", "several exercises intended to be done in series", "representation consisting of the scenery and other properties used...	[ "fix conclusively or authoritatively" ]	[ "set%2:31:04::" ]

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