Word: cheap
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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During the years from 1891 to 1896 the production of commodities in this country was greater than the consumption; since then the reverse has been true, and the consequent revival of industrial trade has made the "American invasion" of foreign markets more feared abroad than Chinese cheap labor...
...forbidden by the course-regulations, and which render any communications in the boats themselves impossible; or the noisy attempts of crowds to disconcert a player who is essaying a place kick, or to rattle a pitcher at a critical moment, or of players themselves, who imitate the tactics of cheap professional teams with hysterical cacklings on and off the diamond,--these are sad signs of a decadent sportsmanship. To be sure, the true athlete will keep his eye on the ball rather than on the bleachers, and his thoughts on the game rather than on the outside gamesters; taking...
...building materials, brick, stone, marble and granite were unable to stand the severe tests put upon them. Concrete and terra cotta offered the greatest resistance. Concrete, however, was not exhaustively tested, and terra cotta contains clay, which expands when heated. The ideal material must be at once cheap, hard, flexible and abundant. No city has enough fireproof buildings; thus no city is exempt from such fires as the Baltimore fire...
...February number of the Illustrated Magazine contains certain articles which, if properly treated, might have been made very interesting. Such for instance is one by G. P. Ferrell, "Over to Herbie's." From title to finish, however, the style is colloquial and the tone is cheap. The subject is certainly one of interest, but it is so treated that it leaves an impression of disappointment...
...astonishing how little is known about Harvard in anything but a general way throughout the middle states. So it was that a single concert, heralded long be fore its arrival, did much to decide in the minds of many the important question of where to go. It seems a cheap way to advertise our University, to be sure, but better a little cheap advertising than the general apathy toward Harvard that discourages the most loyal of undergraduates from the west to day, and that is recognized so forcibly in the decrease of percentage shown above...