Word: difficultly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Potter Poor's method is Persian and difficult. Known today as "under-glaze decoration," his method involves metallic oxide colors which must fuse with a glaze fully to reveal their tones. Most pottery methods involve repeated firings, which allow plenty of time for the potter to decorate and redecorate if he is not satisfied. Not so with the oldtime Persians, and Potter Poor. He must do his decorating swiftly and surely, and only once, for the glaze must quickly follow and the piece be fired without delay...
...such as rubber paper, cotton, oils, porcelain, and other similar materials which have the property of insulating the electric circuit. It is only by employing insulating materials that electric currents can be made to flow in the electric conductors. Otherwise, they would leak away, and it would therefore be difficult to transmit power any considerable distance...
...most recent Italian elections, heralded as a great victory for Mussolini and the groups which support him are as a matter of fact rather difficult to interpret. Not only are no satisfactory data available with reference to the nominating process of those 'elected', but even less do we know about the circumstances of the election itself. True, the Times correspondent emphasized that there was no violence at the election; but it would be somewhat naive, to say the least, to assume that therefore the election was a fair one. Whether the ballots were exactly alike, and not distinguished from each...
...performers, chief among them being Bob Hall who amuses with his extemporaneous songs, in which he takes the bald gentleman on our right and the fat lady in front for his subjects. The Lester and Irving trio produce one of the cleverest acts on the program with unusually difficult athletic stunts. Tony and Norman put on a bit of fast repartee, while Bobby Watson and Mary Lawlor, two former musical comedy stars also have an interesting song and dance...
...This system completely and adequately protects the Government's interest. With this picture of the procedure in mind it is difficult to see the exact point at which a public hearing could be properly injected. ... I respectfully urge that the provision for a public hearing on these matters be eliminated [from the bill]. . . . Whether the final decision of the Department should be a public document presents a somewhat different problem, though it would seem such action is open to most of the objections above enumerated...