Word: difficultly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Princetonian all of these considerations appear in the light of definite advantages. The only disadvantages which could be urged are the practical ones; and these Mr. Harkness has largely set aside by his generous promise of more funds when they are needed. The process of selection will be a difficult one, and will involve a certain number of mistakes. There is the danger on the one hand of uncongeniality; on the other of too great accord and insufficiently diversified interests. To be successful, the Houses must function as something considerably more than mere dormitories or common eating halls...
...what it used to be. Those who remember its halcyon days will verify this statement, and can add that since the war the spontaneous cooperation on the part of a class so necessary to the dance's success as a social affair has waned considerably. It is of course difficult for each successive class to believe that it cannot improve on the efforts of its predecessor. The paramount conviction is that Memorial Hall has, in this ultramodern age, proved the nemesis of the dance and that its success would be assured by transference of the festivity...
...career he fought machine politics and laid the foundation for the reorganization of his party, winning for it the confidence of the people of the State. Later he was called to Washington as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, where he had his share in the handling of peculiarly difficult war-time problems. Then came an attack of illness, after which he cut short his convalescence in order to take up the fight for his party in the campaign of 1928. His own victory in a year of overwhelming Democratic defeat cannot be interpreted otherwise than as a remarkable personal tribute...
Criticism has been directed at the Rhodes Scholarships and Rhodes Scholars from friends and enemies for some time. It is inevitable that such criticism should arise. For an idealistic plan, such as Rhodes conceived, must appeal to the imagination of most people. But it will be difficult to find many who would agree on what the qualifications of the ideal Rhodes Scholar should be, and what the Rhodes Scholarships, should accomplish. Consequently, there is criticism...
Price is a difficult thing for a motor manufacturer to fix. Labor costs so-much, material so-much. Not in all cases is it possible to economize by making one's own parts. It often is cheaper to buy from a large-scale parts factory. In a list of 93 models, for example, 13 used Lycoming motors, 14 Continentals. Ford, famed for controlling all manufacturing steps from raw material to finished cars, last week had contracted to buy batteries, tires, bodies, shock absorbers from outside companies.* All manufacturers seem to give good value in 1929 cars. The table...