Word: heavier
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...colorless, odorless, nontoxic, non-inflammable gas one and one-half times heavier than air, carbon dioxide (CO2) was first obtained in liquid form by Faraday in 1834, first sold commercially in 1888. In 1899 annual U. S. production was some 12,000,000 lb. Today more than 300,000,000 lb. are sold yearly and Liquid Carbonic Corp. handles most of it. Made in 36 plants in the U. S. and Canada, its gas is delivered to 10,000 U. S. beverage bottlers in 400,000 steel cylinders. There is a steadily widening use for liquid carbonic in asbestos composition...
Twenty years ago Louis Golding was an orchidaceous Oxonian. After "going down" from the University he began to write novels that were so showily finespun, so self-consciously clever that they irritated many a reader. From there he went on to heavier chronicles of Jewish family life. His twelfth novel shows a further development: The Dance Goes On is almost a pure adventure story. Critics were sure this was a comedown, but common readers felt it was a decided improvement...
...life insurance today is under heavier fire than at any time since the days of the Armstrong investigation in New York State 30 years ago. Some of this criticism has been caused by the terrific lapse and surrender rate that followed the 1929 Crash. High-pressure salesmanship had foisted more insurance on the U. S. public than the U. S. public could carry. In the past seven years some $120,000,000,000 worth of policies lapsed or were surrendered, involving the forfeit of nearly $750,000,000. In 1934 alone 10,000,000 industrial policies disappeared from the books...
Further questioning at the bank revealed that Haskell was not the only student who has suffered by forging during the year. "There is always a certain amount of it, of course," said Sayward, "but this year it has been heavier than before." There was some evident that the same man had been responsible for more than this one offence. The forging was described as extremely careless in this case, although in the past it has been done in such a fashion as to defy detection...
...owner for this year's trial series with the understanding that if she proves faster than Endeavour II, Skipper Sopwith can buy her back. Endeavour II, blue like her predecessor, is 87 ft., 164 tons-4 ft. longer on the water line and 20 tons heavier than Endeavour I. Last summer she won nine races out of 18 starts, lost her mast twice, proved better in calm than stormy weather...