Word: hardest
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Dorothy Weisel, a hard-hitting California girl against whom Mrs. Moody has no grudge as she has against Californian Helen Jacobs, was next. She covered her court well, made Mrs. Moody run her hardest, lost...
Affected were all the wells (except salt water producers) in the State's prorated area. Exempt were "strippers" which produce less than 25 bbl. per day. Hardest hit by the order were the flush fields of Oklahoma. City (30 sq. mi.) and Greater Seminole (40 sq. mi.). With one pen squiggle Governor Murray had reduced the daily flow of Oklahoma oil from 425,000 bbl. to less than 150.000. To newsmen he declared: "The State's natural resources must be preserved and the price of oil must go to $1. Now don't ask me any more...
Discouraged, Mayor Murphy predicted "the hardest winter" ahead. Before it comes he must stand for reelection. Most observers think that after the voting he will join the jobless for whom he tried to do too much...
Tungsten is one of the hardest metals. Its melting point is high, 2,974° C. It is more lustrous than silver, nickel or chromium. Most important commercially is its resistance to corrosives. Only nitric acid and hot hydroxide solutions affect tungsten. Factories dealing with chemicals need just such a resistant to coat their pipes and pots...
...Juan has the hardest life of any of us," said black eyed Beatriz. "He isn't even allowed to smoke at the Naval Academy. He hasn't a pocket in his English uniform. Think of it! In Spain he's always had all the pockets he wanted...