Word: equalization
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...movement to democratize India by distributing political power among the villages. It was a task the very nature of which must take generations to accomplish. But he had lived in an epoch when the East was striving in an economic sense to join with the West on equal terms. Vaguely, dimly, confusedly, the masses who had heard of Swaraj understood what the passing of the great leader signified. And if they were equally bewildered at the presence of numerous sahibs at the funeral, centuries of submission to authority had taught them to admire its quality...
...NAVAL HISTORY OF THE WORLD WAR?Captain Thomas G. Frothingham, U. S. R.?Harvard University Press (2 vols., $3.75 each). With the exception of the British official naval history and some similar works of equal optimism, there are few books dealing competently with naval operations. The present volumes, which go as far as the "unrestricted U-boat warfare" phase of the naval war, deal dispassionately, convincingly, fairly and thoroughly with the naval operations of the War. The most important, although not necessarily the most interesting, part of these books is the chapters in Volume II dealing with the Battle...
...share on the $150,753,522 of proposed common stock. In a similar way, the earnings of the constituent roads for 1923 would amount to $14.50 on each proposed common share in the new merger. Earnings for the current year on the same basis are expected to equal or surpass those...
...name our own. . . . Through our amending power or through customs which we create, we are constantly enriching its terms, giving new meanings to old phrases. When Americans have realized their responsibility, they have written into the Constitution the inalienable rights of every citizen, they have given to women an equal chance to express themselves through the ballot, they have made our Nation a saloonless Nation, they have made slaves...
...also one of the most thoroughly undercapitalized. Its dividends have long climbed nearer and nearer to par value of its shares. Now, by declaring a 25% quarterly dividend, the First National has been put, temporarily at least, on a 100% dividend basis, where disbursements to stockholders are each year equal to the entire nominal capitalization of the institution. As a result, while par of First National shares is still only $100, the market price is now about $2,600 apiece...