Word: augments
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...have had many offers to augment my collection of Czarist Treasures by acquiring jewels and works of art which once belonged to bygone crowned heads of Europe...
...were to be admitted into House sports, other men might play on the lower teams, or match their mettle with the mighty if they so desired. To some extent such an arrangement would undoubtedly be a makeshift, with the all attendant difficulties peculiar to compromise measures. It would, however, augment the spirit of inter-House rivalry; should any sport suffer from a loss of members attracted to the House fields, it would deserve to be eliminated...
...airship practice. Three years ago he formed a company to build and sell "air yachts" (four-passenger blimps) for $10,000 each. The scheme failed. Currently he lives at Lakewood, N. J., frequently breaks into print as an oracle on airship matters. Last week he had a chance to augment his meagre finances by reporting the Lakehurst inquiry for Hearst's International News Service. Yet he said he would donate the proceeds to a fund for the families of Akron victims...
...spite of these drawbacks, the plan embodied in the bill has a definite prospect of success. The augment that it constitutes a consumers' tax, designed to shift to one class a tremendous amount of purchasing power, is no objection to the plan. Obviously that is the purpose of any farm relief scheme. The increased purchasing power of the farmer will soon make itself felt in the demand for industrial products. There can be no true prosperity in this country as long as a large part of the population is on the verge of bankrupted. Throughout the latter half...
Meets with M.I.T., Princeton and Yale will augment the schedule regularly planned in the Massachusetts Squash Racquets Association, of which the University is a member...