Word: easiest
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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This competition is the easiest of the three that are held annually. It is split up by the Christmas vacation, which provides a pleasant interlude, and by the mid-year examination period, during which time candidates will be afforded ample time to prepare for their examinations. Although the work is harder than what is required of manager candidates it is far more interesting...
From McCook Field, Dayton, four weary air Magellans took off (in two planes), flew to Chicago under perfect conditions in the easiest hop of their trip around the earth (TIME, Mar. 24 et seq.). In a windless Windy City, cheering crowds, notables, bands, committees, orators were on hand to welcome them. Lieut. Lowell H. Smith, Flight Commander, issued a statement. Said he: "The next time we go around the world, it is going to be in a boat...
...almost unfortunate that the Phillips Brooks House has selected this season of the year as an opportune time to carry on its drive for funds. When one has been pestered to the point of madness by every variety of agent, including Max Keezer and Lee the Laundryman, the easiest answer is a stentorian and all-embracing "No!" In the case of the Brooks House canvasser, this refusal is not justified. The organization carries on a multitude of extremely worthwhile enterprises, and must depend for its support solely on what it can beg from case-hardened undergraduates. Its success...
...saucer's edge, crashed an iron fence, nose-dived into the ground, righted, burst into flames. Resta was hurled headlong with terrific force against a fence-post, semi-decapitated, horribly mangled. His mechanician fell free, damaged but slightly. A few days before, Resta had called Brooklands "the easiest course in the world." After he won the U. S. championship in 1916, and six other big events the same year, Dario Resta had occupied a niche similar to those accorded Barney Oldfield, Ralph Mulford, Ralph De Palma, Eddie Rickenbacker, Harry Grant, Wilcox, Vail and perhaps the Chevrolets-all old-school...
...some information- information of the rudimentary kind. He can find out, if he needs to, Why Are Political Parties?, How Men Get into Politics, Who Picks Your Candidate?, What Is a Political Boss? (Chapter headings.) Much sound primary knowledge is included, combined with exhortation to good citizenship. Probably the easiest way to get the information is to give it to "Junior" and let him stump you with questions...