Word: difficult
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...members of the University are eligible, including Freshmen and graduate students, it is difficult to say what unknown forces may be discovered to bolster the veteran material...
...very fascinating if it be pursued in the right spirit. Dr. Noyes has tried to communicate this fascination to the reader, but the detail is necessarily so abundant, the subject is inevitably so remote, that the common reader, at any rate, will find the book bewildering and difficult to grasp. It is, of course, a book to be digested wholly, though people who are already familiar with Jonson may dip into it from time to time and seize information on their favorite play for future consumption. It is not a book to read at one sitting, for at best...
Trust departments of U. S. banks suffer from low current interest rates, find it difficult to make trust funds of $20,000 or less selfsupporting. New York banks try to keep their minimum trust funds closer to $50,000. But they cannot get too haughty about taking little accounts because their advertisements solicit a general trust business. Trustee fees vary according to the State, the Courts, the local customs. In New York, banks get from 1 ½% to 3% of both principal and income, the percentage depending on the size of each.† Sometimes big estates pay less than standard...
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...test of skill is provided, too, in navigating the bus around the loop. At the very start, a narrow door presents no mean obstacle, and is immediately followed by a difficult curve which exacts close concentration to keep the trolleys on their cables. Then comes the straightaway in which the maximum speed of 88 m.p.h. can almost be reached before the brakes must be applied...