Word: finer
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Andre Citroen, largest automobile manufacturer in France, made a pilgrimage to the Ford plants in Detroit; his enthusiastic admiration was tempered only by a regret at the inartistic character of Mr. Ford's well-known product. " Nothing about Ford or his plant suggests a trace of the finer aesthetic qualities," he stated. " One can make cheap, rapid cars, but they do not have to be ugly." Proposing to give the inexpensive car beauty and form, M. Citroen has announced that he will establish an American plant, designed for mass production, but embodying artistic ideas. The plant will be located...
...Northwestern University. It consists of a brass lever moved by three finely adjusted screws, manipulating special glass needles which can be brought to bear upon a cell suspended in a drop of nutrient fluid under the lens of the microscope. The needles, the essential part of the machine, are finer than hairs and are formed like a "J" or an "L." The apparatus is superior to similar devices now in use, in that it is steadier. It requires much practice, however, to get a cell to lie still while a needle is being forced through it. The machine will make...
...water for three-quarters of an hour, the longest practice on the harbor so far this season. This marks the beginning of more strenuous training for the University squad, as it is probable that from now on the coaches will begin to groom their charges in the finer points, combining this with longer daily work-outs...
Mlle. Suzanne Lenglen again demonstrated that her tennis is a shade finer than any other woman's in the world when she won the finals of the Mentone tournament from Kathleen McKane, of England...
...case of the drama. The shredded wheat' of the stage is tremendously popular for a few months or a year, and then is never heard of again. While it lasts, it provides a great deal of 'good fun', but it must not be allowed to drive the finer things out of competition. The plays of Shakspere and the other enduring figures of literature are like the symphonies of the great masters, in that they will last indefinitely, never losing their appeal, in fact gaining by repetition. But one cannot give 'Hamlet' or any other single play of Shakspere every night...