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Show LEARN A WORD EVERY DAY t Todays word Is SABOTAGE. It's pronounced sah-to-taj. or ta.h., a sound, the word being French, without with-out an exact English equivalent; and with the syllables equally accented. It mean 0 one-man strike. That Is to say. where a force of dissatisfied dissatis-fied workers deems it Inexpedient fd strike in m body, ilow may r sort to i "sabotage.'' by which each Individual, while remaining ai his pojt. does all he can to hamper production, perhaps by Injuring machinery In such a way t.. gl'.e th- ini,. I of ;n cldenl perhaps only by lost motion on his own part. Italian railroad employes have practiced 'sabotage" merely by slavish. slav-ish. Intentionaly unintelligent observ-ah observ-ah e of rules. To Speak of an act of violence In Connection with an ordinary ordin-ary strike as "sabotage" Is wholly incorrect. in-correct. It was borrowed directly from the French, who probably evolved It from the word "sabot." the wooden shoe much worn by the French working ' class. I It's used like this "Sabotage frequently fre-quently Is practiced without any for-inal for-inal agreement, sometimes without even any definite general understanding understand-ing on th workers' part and even almost al-most uhconC10U3ly by individuals, making It very difficult for an employer employ-er to de;'.l with." |