Word: equalization
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Ever and anon there rises to speak In the Lower House of Congress a man who, in respect of learning, is without equal in that chamber. Long since, in college days, he would challenge his fellows to read any two lines of Shakespeare which he could not locate-play, act, scene. Today the story persists that the kitchen-range in his bachelor apartment is piled high with books...
...powers that the draft gave Kemal. It was proposed that the President should serve for seven years, and could be any Turk eligible for the office of Deputy. The Assembly ruled that the President must be a Deputy chosen by the Deputies, and that his term of office must equal that of the Assembly's mandate. Veto power is restricted. Normally all bills must be promulgated by the President within ten days. Organic statutes and budget laws may be returned by the President, with reasons attached. If voted a second time they must be promulgated...
...every drinking student of mine up to the year 1890 has paid the death penalty. I have every reason to believe that the Cro-Magnon cave man of between 20,000 and 40,000 years ago could enter any branch of the intellectual life of this university on equal, if not superior terms with any of the 30,000 students here...
...over 50-candidates for the Eli team with as many more for the Freshman squad have been learning the fundamentals of the game and already the result of last fall's practice is evident. For the last two weeks, daily scrimmage has been the program between two nearly equal teams, the "Blues" and the "Whites," and in these matches the men are getting experience that will stand them in good stead when the schedule begins. A training table was begun several weeks ago and everything possible is being done to insure the good condition of the players...
...curious but not by any means unnatural homocentric impulse which makes man consider himself a thing apart from Nature and inexplicable according to her laws. But the time has obviously arrived when the success of human endeavor in investigating and subsequently in exploiting material forces must be balanced by equal success in exploring and controlling human forces. And the methods which have brought about the present crisis, because of their one-sided application, are all upon which man can rely to restore a safe and reasonable equilibrium...