Word: harder
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Although earth and rock are much harder substances than water, the depths of the earth have been much easier for man to reach than the depths of the water. For, although a solid is harder to penetrate initially than a fluid, once penetrated, there is a hole which offers no subsequent resistance, whereas a fluid always exerts a pressure, increasing with depth. So it happens that, although man has been down in the earth for many thousands of feet, no diver had ever until recently been down more than about 30 fathoms (180 ft.) below the surface...
...stressed more in the former. A college team seldom meets an opponent more than once in a season, but in a major league where the teams meet each other many times each season a close study is made of each man. Many people think that a college team plays harder than a professional nine, but I have not found...
Brandeis. Miss Susan Brandeis, Manhattan, was educated at Bryn Mawr College, schooled in law at Chicago University. She is third partner in the law firm of Kirsch, Edelman and Brandeis. She scorns feminine foibles in dress and manner, works hard, studies harder, plays little. On levity, on publicity, she pours disdain. She sits late, rises early. As special assistant district attorney she prosecuted anti-trust cases for the State of New York. "My daughter," says Justice Brandeis, "is a self-made...
...competition is the easiest of the three that are held annually. It is split up by the Christmas vacation, which provides a pleasant interlude, and by the mid-year examination period, during which time candidates will be afforded ample time to prepare for their examinations. Although the work is harder than what is required of manager candidates it is far more interesting...
...running up the flags of the countries taking the first three places. Now that is a pleasant courtesy to the winners, but it becomes an awful bore to the spectators, whether they be winners or losers. More than that, it rubs in the victory just that much harder, and emphasizes the question of differing nationality just that much more. So long, as there is a mob psychology to bring a catch to the throat as the national emblem is raised on its staff and the national anthem played in honor of an American victory, so long as there...