Word: better
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...mines are to wet down the "working faces" and muck piles of zinc, ventilate the mines with fresh air, provide gas masks for the miners. Since the U. S. Bureau of Mines made a special study of the Tri-State sore spot 25 years ago, the report admits, the better mining companies have done much to improve silicosis precautions. But "wetting down," particularly in smaller mines, is not enforced, and gas masks are too uncomfortable for daily use. In 1927 a "model" silicosis clinic was established at Picher, Okla., but clinic doctors could merely make diagnoses and statistical surveys, offer...
...over August were September orders. Better yet, for the first time in ten years October bookings equaled September's, topped 1938 by 25%, put the ten-month average 21% over last year. By month's end unfilled orders were 51% above...
...Federal Trade Commission last week published a study of its scrambled distribution methods. Prime thesis of the report: chain and syndicate distributors (who combine the functions of wholesaler and retailer) handle close to half of the total trade, are not the pirates that manufacturing milliners think them: "With a better understanding the manufacturer will come to realize that he has not been the victim of oppression by the syndicate...
...hope of Finland checking the Russians is faint," Cawley said, "but they may put up a much better fight than is expected. Whatever the outcome may be, it will be very interesting because this present struggle is the first real test of Russian military strength...
...What A Life," with Jackie Cooper, is an unsuccessful small-town drama which might have gone over with a better script, faster-paced direction, fewer cliches, and Mickey Rooney...