Word: afforded
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...ragfish in an aquarium unique in the U. S., if not in the world. George Yaeger is the Scandinavian manager of the Port of Seattle's Frozen Fish Department. No scientist, he is an oldtime practical fishman. Twelve years ago he decided that if Seattle could not afford an aquarium for exhibiting live fishes, it should at least have a place to show frozen ones. There was space in the cold storage rooms of Seattle's Spokane Street Dock. The Port Commission did not object. George Yaeger now has 142 specimens in his collection. When he gets...
...called 'merchant publishers' cannot afford to publish manuscripts which they have reason to believe will not sell in quantities, and such organizations as the 'American Council of Learned Societies' are obviously unable to finance any material number of articles. This leaves the brunt of responsibility for this important work on the universities. And here, as everywhere else, conditions are not ideal. It is difficult to get university presses successfully started. More consideration should be given to them, as they are at present poorly endowed...
...following statement in connection with the Forum was made by Danielian: 118 upperclassmen, or approximately 33 per cent of those concentrating in Economics, do not live in the Houses. These men do not receive the benefit of social contacts and intellectual stimulation which the Houses afford to their residents, either informally or through organized groups, such as economic clubs. It is with a view to supplying these needs that the Economic Forum is being organized. Its purpose will be to give the students who are not connected with any of the Houses an opportunity to discuss economic ideas and problems...
...Forum will, of course, be a student's organization. Although not intended as a direct aid to classroom work, it cannot, however, fail to bear upon it, since the discussions will afford training in economic thinking, and many of the topics will undoubtedly be taken up in various courses as well as in the Divisional Examinations. However, these results will be indirect. The primary purpose of the Forum is to give the Students living outside the Houses an opportunity to become articulate on economic ideas and problems...
...losses averaging from 25% to 66% of their 1931 income. There was only one bright spot. Fifty years ago when nearby Deauville contained nothing but shrimp fishermen and Norman cider makers, Trouville was a fashionable resort. This year there were in Trouville enough holiday makers who could no longer afford Deauville prices to jack its casino profits from...