Word: basely
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Vice Premier also declared and the People's Commissars affirmed that "self-satisfaction and conceit" are prevalent vices among the Soviet Arctic scientists; moreover, that under Hero Schmidt there have been employed "methods of selecting personnel which provided an excellent base for the criminal anti-Soviet activities of wreckers...
...high wind are hazards they run away from. Leader Joe Leuthold at once gave the order to descend. The wind was so sharp the Mazamas had to back down the draw. Ice crusted their goggles; sleet froze on their faces and clothes. After the party had reached the base of the chute, they broke strings, reassembled, continued the descent. Some of them were not dressed warmly enough for the extreme cold...
Radio amateur hours make a gong-walloping hurrah about discovering unknown genius. But the records show that they very seldom turn up an artist who can get to first base. In the four years of its existence, the most famed of U. S. amateur hours, that of pudgy, beak-nosed Major Bowes, has not yet unearthed a singer of first-rate concert or opera calibre...
...Failure to deduct depreciation reserves in arriving at rate base values has permitted the Bell System to earn a return on amounts far in excess of the investment made by the owners." Rates should be based on the "prudent investment" theory espoused by Franklin Roosevelt...
...rubbermen created the International Rubber Regulation Committee- a cartel that represents 98% of the world's rubber producers. The I. R. R. C.'s aims are two:1) to establish and maintain a base limit to rubber planting, 2) to fix quarterly quotas on the amount of this rubber that is marketable...