Word: apt
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Teagle pointed out that our reserves of coal are greater and more certain than our reserves of petroleum, and that for this reason coal prices were more apt to affect oil prices than vice versa...
...Cheek, and Joe McGlone, all three of whom are dazzling broken field runners. Harvard's linemen, only one of whom has had first string varsity experience and that in a different position than he now occupies, are much smaller physically than those of former years, and in consequence, less apt to shine in the upstanding, hand-fighting game, and the fact that Robb, a Harvard sprint champion, has been assigned one of the end positions and another fast man the opposite wing position, would indicate that there will be little or no waiting on the Harvard flanks...
...past week-like previous weeks- has proved inconclusive. The railroads are coming into the season where their maximum tonnage is ordinarily hauled and, with good crops in prospect, should do rather well this autumn. Comparison of freight loadings this fall with the banner year of 1923 is, however, apt to be unfair and misleading. The exact crop situation is still undetermined, especially in corn and cotton, being still dependent upon the weather. It is mainly a question whether the farmer will do very well, or only fairly well. The real thrill in business just now is furnished by real estate...
...under their own power, and proceed to the inexpensive hospitality of the "auto camp." Food they obtain from neighboring farmers, who in consequence are first to defend the camping motor tourist. Moreover, no one wants to stay put anywhere for even a week, and the landlord's toll is apt to be nightly rather than by the week or month...
...winning smile. He is a Southerner with a soft Southern voice, and he has many of the ingratiating qualities which are often associated with gentlemen of the lower part of the U. S. His attitude of mind is eager, even penetrating. So alert a mentality is apt to be a trifle impatient of the slowness of others' minds. Mr. Stallings is not characterized by literary or intellectual patience, although, as a man, I imagine, he has unusual understanding and tolerance of other folk and an immense amount of personal bravery...