Word: bulks
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...past minority candidate will tell us. The heat of battle is not the only way in which a man is tempered and defined to all voters; what the voter will learn, through clever propaganda, of a candidate's birthplace, size of family, and personal eccentricities will make him bulk larger on the political horizon...
Queries of this sort are often propounded but seldom answered by many men, often in the business world themselves, who hold anything from a B.A. to a doctorate. There are, of course, other elements which may bulk larger than economic gain alone. Personal abilities and social-utility considerations--as is usually true of medical, and divinity students--may count for a great deal more, but however much a man may be compounded of ideals, the practical aspects have some appeal, particularly when account is taken of the sacrifices often involved. It is knowledge, or rather a larger, even...
...Besides the early feeding of water and solid food by mouth, it is also extremely helpful to supply some adjuvant which will furnish bulk, retard bacterial growth and thus help to combat intestinal stasis. This purpose is best served by mineral oil in agar, with or without the addition of phenolphthalein...
...dawn last week a few thousand late revelers and early risers stood in the dim streets of Manhattan staring up into a grey-black sky. Across it, her four engines purring smoothly, soared the silvery bulk of the Hindenburg, world's largest dirigible, just in after her first crossing of the North Atlantic from Friedrichshafen. Germany. A searchlight reached up played over the fabric, came to rest on the swastikas on the rudder. Other lights on the airship twinkled back. Presently the 803-ft. sausage nosed into the haze over the Hudson, flew on toward Lakehurst, N. J. There...
...since the Akron and Macon disasters. To permit the vast Hindenburg to fit the Lakehurst hangar, Dr. Eckener removed two ribs, thus shortened her seven feet. Even so, she is 803 ft. long, 135 ft. high, holds some 7,000,000 cu. ft. of hydrogen, has nearly twice the bulk of the old Graf Zeppelin...