Word: built
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...them be specific in their negative attack!" Shackles for Liberty. "Our resplendent economic autocracy does not want to return to that individualism of which they prate, even though the advantages under that system went to the ruthless and the strong. They realize that in 34 months we have built up new instruments of public power. In the hands of a people's government this power is wholesome and proper. But in the hands of political puppets of an economic autocracy such power would provide shackles for the liberties of the people. Give them their way and they will take...
Compton Effect. In his teens Arthur built a glider that actually flew, published articles on aeronautics, made an astronomical clock for a telescope, took pictures of Halley's comet. He got his Ph.D. at Princeton with a dazzling record. After two years of industrial research on lamps for Westinghouse, he said to his wife, "Betty, I'm going back to university work." This was something of a gamble, but he landed a research fellowship at Cambridge under Lord Rutherford. He was appointed head of the physics department at Washington University (St. Louis), went from there to Chicago...
Last week White's Black predicted that 1936 would be biggest truck year on record. Cause for his optimism is to be found in the fact that one out of every three of the 3,550,000 trucks on the road today were built before 1928. The life expectancy of trucks is considerably higher than that of passenger cars, but there are thousands of trucks in daily service with hand horns, two-wheel brakes, open cabs, no self-starters, no lights...
...take the new elections to court, as the company had already done enough quarreling. "They must be afraid," commented Mr. Kemp, "otherwise they would not have passed such a resolution." Mr. Kemp also said that the conduct of the meeting was "chockfull of errors," and that "they have built up a beautiful legal case for us." He did not say whether he would take his case to court...
...conceived enlightened plans for draining them, a project dear for hundreds of years to the Popes and first Papal families like the Caetani. On the advent of Fascism, these plans and dreams were translated into action: the Caetani sold their lands to the State which has now reclaimed and built cities on them, and the 15th Duke retired to Canada, still Socialis tic but wealthy, urbane, unembittered...