Word: bottome
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...hand, thanking you for all you gave me. Terribly difficult years they were for me, far from my Fatherland and family, but they were made bearable by the friendly human feelings of Wieringers. So I say farewell, wishing my island the best of luck from the bottom of my heart. Thank you and au revoir...
...believe that the labor situation can be entirely solved by attacking it from the bottom, through the labor organization, but that much can and must be done by working from the top down. Here there is a real opportunity for the college man who enters a profession to help, by gaining some of the labor viewpoint." Such was the conclusion of Mr. Paul Blanshard's address, when he spoke to members of the Liberal Club at luncheon yesterday...
...have some deeper motive than he has cared to express. Unquestionably, his stock will rise in the public exchange when he has properly "earned" his degree; and it is one of the tricks of his trade to "get" the public by Napoleonic methods. But whatever may lie at the bottom of his action, he is setting a valuable precedent, which others may wisely follow...
...North Carolina coast, about 20 miles from Cape Hatteras, the old warships Virginia and New Jersey were sent to the bottom in target practice by Army aviators. The object of the practice was to determine the comparative effectiveness of various bombs from various altitudes (TIME, Aug. 13). Inasmuch as the battleships were obsolete, unable to defend themselves, and had their water-tight compartments dismantled, they were easy game for the aviators. Yet the tests seemed to show the importance of command of the air, and the accuracy and comparative effectiveness of varying methods of bombing...
...world, with an object lens of 40 inches. The largest reflecting telescope is at the Mt. Wilson Observatory, Cal. Refractors differ from reflectors in that the light is gathered through a lens at the top of the tube in the former, and in a large mirror at the bottom in the latter. Reflectors are easier and cheaper to construct, but are less convenient to handle, and get out of order more quickly...