Word: better
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...anchor is democracy, and more democracy. . . . I seek no change in the form of American Government. . . . It is of interest to read Macaulay's letter with care-for I find in it no reference to the improving of the living conditions of the poor, to the encouragement of better homes or greater wages, or steadier work...
...months of 1937-an alltime high (TIME, Aug. 16). Last week the American Automobile Association issued less vital but more controversial statistics when it announced that a survey of 10,000 persons between 20 and 40 years old in 35 U. S. cities had proved clearly that men are better drivers than women. Their average wheel grip measured 114 lb. against 63 lb. for women. They could withstand 58 units of light, whereas women could withstand only 55.1, and could recover in 5.55 sec. from glare which blinded women for 7.47 sec. Other tests indicated that men generally have quicker...
These strong words fitted no one better than the American Vocational Association composed of 15,000 vocational educators and administrators, whose Executive Secretary Lindley Hoag Dennis has been energetically pushing the George-Deen appropriation from his Denrike Building office. Denying that A. V. A. was conducting a "lobby," Secretary Dennis attributed any undue pressure to enthusiasts back home...
...varieties are grown on a large-scale in all but nine States.† New York once (1900-08) produced 50% of the crop, but Washington now leads, producing over a sixth of the total. New York and Virginia are rivals for second, the honor going to whichever gets the better weather. Before 1870 most growing was done by farmers with small orchards. Since then growing has gradually turned to larger and larger units. Commercial orchards now range from ten to 2,500 acres, with some 40 trees per acre. Most famed U. S. appleman is Senator Harry Flood Byrd...
Although Harvey O'Connor assiduously notes scandals in connection with Guggenheim labor, politics, financing, the general impression communicated by The Guggenheims is that the family comes off better than do the principals of most comparable studies of recent years. What takes the curse off their name seems to be less Guggenheim philanthropy (the $7,000,000 Guggenheim Fund for needy artists, writers and scholars, the $2,500,000 Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics, a dozen others) than a general Guggenheim picturesqueness. When Simon was accused of having bought his Senatorship, he answered blandly: "It is done...