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Word: easiest (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...year, the advisor has assiduously attempted--not, of course, to form his advisee's tastes--but to help him choose wisely in accordance with his tastes and abilities. He has opened the broad vista of opportunity to the dazzled eyes of the unwitting advisee; he has indicated the easiest course which will fulfill the science distribution requirement; he has settled the problem of going out for the track team or for the baseball managership...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A SUCCESS? | 5/8/1924 | See Source »

Obviously the easiest way to distinguish between reformers is by the methods they would use to achieve their ends; yet as Professor Sprague has implied this test is no longer valid. It is not impossible, however, to define a true issue between socialist and non-socialist. The one regards the present social organization as a false expression of human nature, the other regards it as a system which needs improvement but is essentially reflective of mankind. Each makes an assumption as to the nature...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE OUTCASTS | 4/29/1924 | See Source »

Graduate students have various needs. A religious need is the easiest need to fill there is, because there is Infinite Supply for all who desire it without any cost except the cost of wanting it. Men who have religious doubts and religious problems are helped by hearing clear thinking men explain the methods of approach to their problems...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CALLS HARVARD STUDENTS MOST RELIGIOUS IN U. S. | 3/26/1924 | See Source »

...year period. The plan fixes an annual minimum (amount unspecified) and provides means for its collection from: 1) Excise taxes on monopolies, such as matches, spirits, tobacco. There is to be no Allied supervision of collection of these taxes. Evidently it is felt that the Germans cannot ignore the easiest method of taxation that lies at any Government's hand. The Allies will only take a portion, so that the incentive to collect will be left untouched...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: REPARATIONS: Drafting | 3/24/1924 | See Source »

...touch with a naval station until 15 minutes before the disaster, when he signaled that he was drawing up his wireless aerial. Presumably the ship was struck before the completion of the maneuver. With its huge metal structure, a rigid dirigible is like a giant lightning rod furnishing the easiest and most attractive path for any electrical disturbance. Unlike the lightning rod, it cannot lead the charge safely to mother earth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Lightning | 2/4/1924 | See Source »

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