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Most U. S. exports to Great Britain consist of raw materials and foodstuffs. These are untouched by the emergency Runciman tariffs decreed last week. In 1929, the latest year for which trade figures are complete, U. S. exports to Britain totaled 5,000,000 of which only $18,600,000 were goods now liable to the Runciman tariffs.- Germany, on the other hand, exported $334,453,953 to Great Britain in 1929. of which $282,071,508 would not be Runcimanned; Russia exported $126,329,245 of which $33,507,294 would suffer. This Christmas for the first time "cheap...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Empire Runcimanned | 11/30/1931 | See Source »

...lectures as those in History 201-2 or Architecture 201-2, and has afterwards enrolled in the course and found himself under the necessity of taking down voluminous notes, will realize how appreciation if not comprehension is forestalled by the practice. As for those courses in which the lectures consist largely of dry factual material, the less said about them the better. Often the lecturer is merely acting under a sense of obligation, and suffers quite as much as his hearers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Modern Archimedes | 11/27/1931 | See Source »

...December 15 Electromatic traffic control signals will be in operation at both ends of the Larz Anderson, River Street, and Western Avenue bridges over the Charles River, according to Captain Chapman of the Metropolitan District Police. These signals will consist of the three-colored automatic lights similar to those now used in Brookline except that they will be controlled by the magnetic disturbance caused by cars passing over metal plates sunk in the pavement. Neither road will have the right of way, but a car passing over the plates will set the lights in its favor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CHARLES RIVER BRIDGES TO HAVE TRAFFIC LIGHTS SOON | 11/27/1931 | See Source »

...towers, which consist of four lightweight columns, strengthened by diagonal crosspieces, will support several different systems of antennae. After the apparatus has been connected with the receiving station that is already located in the building, it will be used to keep in communication with, and receive dispatches from any expeditions directly or indirectly connected with the University at any point in the world...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ERECTION OF WIRELESS TOWERS IS COMPLETED | 11/10/1931 | See Source »

Harvard will uphold the affirmative of the proposition, "Resolved, That America needs a stronger central government." The debate, lasting about an hour, will be broadcast, over a national network of the Columbia Broadcasting System, and will consist of two ten-minute speeches and a five-minute rebuttal on each side...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: STANFORD DEBATE OVER RADIO WILL TAKE PLACE SOON | 11/10/1931 | See Source »

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