Word: difficult
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...profits in the preceding year hit a low of $2,412,698. Last week Sir Douglas gave Singer stockholders the moderately good news that the company made $16,291,206 in 1935, compared to $13,833,917 in 1934. But he warned that peaceful penetration was getting more & more difficult for the sewing machine business...
...work is not difficult and the time required is less than that demanded by the competition for the news board. Since the quota for the Class of 1939 has already been filled on the news board and no further competitions will be held except for 1940, all Sophomores who wish to express themselves in print on College subjects will and this competition the last opportunity...
...good deal more difficult to narrow the backfield down to two likely possibilities for each position. It now looks as though Vernon Struck will be the first string bucker, with Bill Watt as an able alternative. Kicking and passing may earn George Roberts a starting place in the backfield, as may the running of Phil Brooks. "Chief" Boston and Clif Wilson, both Sophomores, the latter captaining his Freshman team, are waging one of the closest battles of the squad for honors at blocking back. Although Wilson has generally played with the A eleven, Boston has done some spectacular defensive work...
Diagnosis of a full-blown cancer is easy. Diagnosis of an early, curable one may be difficult. It depends upon study of a sample of tissue cut from a living tumor under suspicion. Said Pundit Ewing: "Accurate tumor diagnosis requires a life-long experience and a special training. Not every diagnostic laboratory is equipped to give this service. The State of New York requires a difficult practical examination of all pathologists who undertake to diagnose cancer and wish to be eligible for appointment in any of the many laboratories controlled by the State. It would be well if other states...
...nerve, thus preventing it from carrying its message of pain to the brain. This operation occasionally paralyzes the painful side of the face, causes the features to droop lopsidedly. Other surgeons treat facial neuralgia by injecting alcohol into the nerve, thus stultifying it for a period. This procedure is difficult. The operator must push his hypodermic needle through the cheek and into a small notch in the skull midway between cheek bone and ear. Then he must blindly puncture a nerve slimmer than the lead of a pencil. If he misses the nerve, the alcohol causes dreadful pain. Many victims...