Word: crudely
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...criticisms might have been worse; for General Caldwell admits that it was found advisable "to omit some passages" because the Field Marshal was "so outspoken." And this capacity for plain, frank statements was occompanied by a no less marked habit of blunt, crude speech, so much so that General Caldwell says that "it has been thought desirable to exclude some forcible expressions concerning individuals which find a place in these records...
...Henri then went on to state that before the War owners could produce crude oil on an average of 15 kopeks a pood, after paying 20% taxes on profits, 5 to 45% royalties and higher wages for workmen. Now, he continued, the production of crude oil costs double, despite the confiscation of property, no taxation or royalties, lower wages to workmen and lack of strikes, which hitherto were frequent...
...Here are actual data of pre-War and present conditions of the Soviet oil industry: pre-War crude oil production was 9,230,000 metric tons, while production for the Soviet fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 1927, was more than 10,000,000 metric tons; pre-War annual consumption of kerosene in villages was 8 pounds per capita, and last year's consumption was 9.4 pounds per capita; pre-War wages of workers in the Baku fields were 35 rubles per month, while during the year just ended the wages averaged over 75 rubles monthly...
...Story* coils and burrows under the green acres of Jalna, where the Whiteoaks live, in Ontario. The characters at the beginning are all Whiteoaks; there is Adeline, an old, crude, arrogant woman who wants to be 100 years old; her sons, Ernest and Nicholas, one of them over 70; Renny, present owner of Jalna, Adeline's grandson by another father; Renny has four brothers, Eden, 23, Piers, Finch, Wakefield, 9, and one sister, Meg, about...
...They evolved a game based on exposing one of the four hands and bidding for it. The man who estimated he could make the most tricks with his hand playing in combination with the exposed hand took the bid. There were, of course, heavy penalties, for overestimation. From this crude start grew Auction Bridge, which is still the most widely played of all. In its present form all four of the players, beginning with the dealer, have a chance to bid (though no hand is at first exposed). Bidding laws, convention and shrewdness enable a potent partnership to give each...