Word: equalized
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...loss of our finest young men in battle is biologically more serious than would be the loss of an equal number of middle-aged people. If the employment of young men in war were prohibited-as the employment of young people in various dangerous occupations already is prohibited-then we should be acting with race-conscious logic...
...Potomac, he had to fight not only the redoubtable Lee but his own inefficient, stupid or untrustworthy lieutenants. Only two of Grant's generals whom Biographer McCormick praises are Sherman and Sheridan: Sherman was a good tactician but a poor fighter; Sheridan was Grant's equal in battle but never commanded a large army. For Burnside, Hancock, Meade, et al., McCormick has little but harsh words: "Strive as he might, Grant could not drive them forward...
...naval conference Japan will propose that nations have equal rights to armament but that they reduce armaments to a minimum defense need...
...Calendar League, one of the hobbies of the late George Eastman, is for a year of 13 months with 28 days each, plus an extra holiday every Dec. 29 and a Leap Day on June 29 in Leap Years. The World Calendar Association favors a twelve month year with equal quarters in which the first, fourth, seventh and tenth months would have 31 days, the rest 30 days, plus a Year-End Day and a Leap-Year Day. In 1931 the League of Nations, which on off days dabbles in calendar reform, sponsored a conference at which these two calendars...
...kind. Vassar's captain was hit in the eye so hard she could not play against Princeton. Score: Yale 4, Yassar 0. Next day in the Princeton game a Vassar player had the wind knocked out of her, gamely resumed play. Sticks were broken, roughness was about equal on both sides. Miss Virginia Fessenden, umpire, accused Princeton of violating every principle of the game. Princeton won. 5-to-2. Tea was served following both games...