Word: dropped
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...their work that they suffered from eyestrain, irritability, headaches. Even on a bright day children in the darkest part of a classroom may get only five foot-candles,* one-twentieth as much light as those near the windows, and on a dark day illumination of their desks may drop as low as one footcandle. The investigators claimed tests showed children did 28% better in reading when they had a minimum of 20 foot-candles...
...yellow fever sweeps out of the bayous and the people of New Orleans, among them Pres Dillard, begin to drop. When it comes time to remove Pres to the leper and fever colony on Lazarette Island, whence few return, Julie, strong in apparent regeneration, goes to nurse him, while his trustful Northern bride stays behind to pray for their return...
Cambridge University's invading rugby team in its first American game trounced the Eli fifteen yesterday 40 to 0. The victors scored on eight tries, six conversions, and a drop goal...
...railroad fuel and material costs rose $100,000,000, taxes $60,000,000, wages $140,000,000. Income, meanwhile, was reduced 1) by the ICC elimination on Jan. 1, 1937 of some $120,000,000 in emergency freight rates granted in the Depression, 2) by a tremendous drop in traffic during the current Recession (net operating income of Class I U. S. roads was off 82% in January this year). Last fall the ICC granted rate rises on special commodities (like motors and accessories) totaling some $70,000,000, but the roads immediately declared this insufficient, petitioned for 15% more...
...annual dividend it paid last year for the 16th successive year. Total operating revenues increased 5.7% to $1,051,379,343 , but total operating expenses increased 7.5% to $708,479,450. This fact, plus the gradual dwindling of business toward the end of the year, accounted for the drop in net earnings. More than two-thirds of the increase in costs was in wages and taxes. In the past two years A. T. & T. taxes have increased $43,100,000, or 46%. Warned Walter Gifford: "In the long run the Bell System looks to development and research to reduce...