Word: flatnesses
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Yale has two brilliant sprinters in Fieldman, Freshman star last year, and Schoelter, who was out of condition all last season. Both of these are capable of 10 and 22 seconds flat in the 100 and 220 yard dashes respectively. However, if the dashes are to be the deciding factor of the meet, Princeton will have a very even chance with the Elis. Lourie, Croft and Ferguson of the fight. Lourie will also enter the hurdles, although the best Princeton man in the two hurdling events is Messey. O 'Brienand shedden are the Eli hopes in the hurdles...
...people. Miss hurst make the reader see the huge undeveloped sprawliness of St. Louis as its grew back from its waterfront to there stolid respectability of kingshighway, the mediocrity of Page avenue, where Lilly move when the war and her father's money came, the verging of the flat city with the clayey surrounding. country. Similarly. The cinema screen of the book's pages, are thrown flashes of all the aired sections of New York Washington Square, Grimace Park. Grand Central Station while it still held the informality of partial construction. Amsterdam avenue, Spuyten Devil, Riverside Drive...
...then settled into an even 28 from which Amory never varied for the rest of the race. Crew B on the other hand changed its stroke constantly from 28 to 32. At Harvard Bridge the Freshmen shot under the span almost two lengths ahead, and with five minutes flat as their record for the distance, which is only slightly less than a mile. In the Lower Basin the 1924 crew gained another length when Coach Haines ordered the race off and sent the two boats to the banks of the river. They had hardly reached the side of the river...
...plentiful and good, except that coffee was poor, there was very little milk and no cream, and colored goose grease in attractive pats but of villainous taste was served in place of butter. One of our business friends who owned a cow gave us some butter in a flat silver box made to be carried in the coat pocket. Sugar was short but not absent, and bread could be obtained without a card only at the hotel were one was registered...
...debts," wrote Emerson, "men are least willing to pay the taxes." Government experts have for generations been trying to devise such a means of raising revenue that the burden will be divided justly among all classes and all individuals--and are continually failing. By levying upon corporations a flat tax of ten percent on profits--with certain exemptions--and applying a progressive tax rate up profit--with certain exemptions--and applying a progressive tax rate to profits which exceed a stipulated percentage of the capital investment the Government has attempted to levy a tax on surplus profits which would...