Word: fair
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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There is no issue that is an issue that soon or later does not get into the halls of Congress. Evolution vs. Fundamentalism seems in a fair way of becoming an issue. Several disciples of the late Mr. Bryan have already proposed a national anti-Evolution act or Constitutional Amendment. But the prospect of such action is remote as compared to the prospect of bringing the measure into Congress...
From August, 1923, to June 1, 1925, the state of South Dakota retailed gasoline. On June 1 it gave up the practice, the State Gasoline Commission having reached an agreement with dealers that they would maintain a fair price. Last week Governor Carl Gunderson ordered 24 gasoline stations opened by the state, chiefly in county-seat towns. He argued that gasoline is now selling at about 25c. a gallon that could profitably be sold for 21 or 22c., that citizens can save $3,000,000 a year if state gasoline stations are reopened...
...fair to add that a cricket ball may be very slightly heavier than a baseball, the rule specifying that it must weigh "not less than 5½ oz. nor more than 5¾," while a base ball must weigh "not less than 5 oz. nor more than 5¼." In circumference, the balls are the same. The utmost possible difference of ¼, to ½ oz. in weight should not, I am reasonably sure-, at any rate not 39 ft. affect and over. Probably, with a cricket ball, slightly heavier yet with no more atmosphere resistance, I might have thrown even...
...your issue of June 29, Page 19. your statement concerning Emanuel Swedenborg is so fair and illuminating that it moves me to acknowledge the spirit in which it was written...
George Eastman, famed maker of kodaks, is in a fair way to set a precedent. Recently he retired from the presidency of his company to gain a "more detached view of life." He planned a visit to Alaska. That is being carried out this summer...