Word: attained
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...three hundred years. The central point of the address is peace among individuals and nations. For final proof he uses the most ancient of Christian documents, but makes no distinctions between the different denominations and directs his speech toward the objective which governments have failed so dismally to attain...
Whether this bill will pass in the legislature and whether in that case it will attain the desired objective is not the point. Its values lies primarily in the sentiment which it shows in the legislature. The representatives are taking things into their own hands and in lieu of any action on the subject from Washington are throwing off the bonds of cooperation to give an answer to the demands of the people. But they have wisely refrained from throwing all discretion to the winds in an effort to please the masses. The moderate nature of the acts shows that...
...namely, turbo-electric drive. "Steam from her 30 boilers will drive turbines directly coupled to electric generators. Electric motors supplied with current from the generators will drive her four propeller shafts. . . . Similar equipment is used on the French Navy's flotilla leader Verdun, the first warship ever to attain a speed of 40 knots. . . ." Contract speed of the new French liner is 30 knots, but contract speeds are always exceeded by two or three knots. Cost: $27,500,000 to $30,000,000 depending on the final scheme of decoration which will be decided while work is progressing with...
...more difficult callings," says he, "those in which sheer luck and low cunning are of least importance . . . man is just out of school at 60. This is as true in the rarefied upper realms of business as anywhere else. The younger man who manages to attain to some showy second or third rank among financiers and businessmen is so remarkable that the cheer leaders of low literature . . . and the sob sisters move down upon his abode in echelon formation. ... In the arts the matter is notorious. There are young geniuses and child prodigies, who are admired like the aardvark...
...addition, personal calls to business houses, steamship lines, bus services, factories, and life-guard agencies have resulted in a limited number of possibilities in each of these fields. Jobs as tutor-companions have become more and more popular, and more and more difficult to attain. The position Sharpe states is a highly specialized one, and although the earnings are large, the requirements are so strict that comparatively few men are qualified for such work. Only one man in ten has been accepted out of the numerous applicants who have enrolled...