Word: argumentative
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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That a more telling argument than any had been Lawyer Littleton's to the effect that a man like Sinclair, if he were going in for a conspiracy, would not have stopped at the trifling cost of $304,000; and Fall, if he were selling Teapot Dome, could easily have gotten more than a quartermillion...
...believe Sinclair was guilty of the charge. I don't believe he agreed to pay Fall anything before he got the lease. It may be that after Sinclair did get the lease, Fall got some money from him by the argument that he had favored Sinclair with the lease...
...cars were an American-built Stutz, owned by F. E. Moskovics, president of the Stutz Motor Car Co., and a French-made Hispano-Suiza, owned by Charles T. Weymann, famed motor car body designer and sportsman. Both were stock cars. The race was the result of an argument between Mr. Moskovics and Mr. Weymann, each backing his belief with a $25,000 wager...
...waste of combustible material, increasing cleaning costs, injuring merchandise, injuring health by screening off the ultra violet rays of the sun, and corroding the lungs with sulphur fumes. He dubbed the domestic chimney more dangerous than the factory smoke stack. The inadequate supply of anthracite has been the argument for burning bituminous coal, but bituminous coal can now be perfectly converted into gas and coke which do not smoke. After 25 years research on this problem at the University of Illinois, Professor Parr propagandizes for their proper place in the home...
...shortcomings are admitted by Mr. Gifford in his analysis. One is that his only basis of argument is from the relative salaries of the employees, and obviously salary is not a certain indication of success. Nevertheless, it seems a valuable one under the circumstances, and particularly suggestive is the fact which Mr. Gifford adduces in connection. Not only are the college honor men in general higher paid, but they have achieved promotions with increasing regularity as they have progressed. In the cases of the lower grade college men, on the other hand, promotions have come fastest at the very start...