Word: greatest
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...been found to triple, approximately, the wearing qualities of a bill, but this has to be done after printing. A way is being sought to apply this treatment in manu facture to the paper which is used for money and to change the manner of manufacture so that the greatest tensile strength of bills will be lengthwise instead of sidewise. Experiments are being made with paper of materials other than linen...
Shanghai, about 750 miles southeast from Peking in the Province of Kiangsu. At Shanghai, the greatest treaty port of China, where the trouble began, the situation was well in control and the city was said to resemble "an armed camp." The strike, declared after the shooting of Chinese, began to wane, but shipping remained completely tied up throughout the week. Chang Hsuehliang, son of Tuchun Chang Tso-lin ("strongest man in China"), arrived with 2,000 cadets to maintain order. Despite precautions, the British Consul was beaten. A British and Japanese boycott was declared but had little effect...
...dismissed the allegations of injustices to Americans by stating that the best proof of Mexico's good intentions was the establishment two years ago of joint commissions to settle claims for indemnities. He scored the U. S. Secretary for saying in effect that the U. S. had the greatest interest in maintaining order in Mexico, while at the same time taking advantage of revolutionary rumors to threaten that the U. S. would cease to have that interest unless American lives and interests were fully protected. This is, said the President, "a threat to the sovereignty of Mexico that...
...Harvard sage, the greatest of them...
...college year now ended finds the University in an era of expansion, the greatest it has ever known. Growing pains are everywhere manifest. The remodeling of Massachusetts Hall, the erection of new buildings in the Yard, the plans for the new Business School unit, other new dormitories and a new art museum, all indicate that the physical expansion of the University is responding to the demands for more adequate facilities...