Word: heaviest
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Every class of paper except bi-weeklies, monthlies and quarterlies, held more funerals than christenings. The heaviest mortality was among the weeklies, and very properly so, for the U. S. is overstocked with them. The increase of bi-weeklies is probably due to the conversion of some debilitated weeklies. The increase of monthlies and bi-monthlies may be attributed to the fact that they can be established with less capital, and carried on with smaller staff-overhead expense than periodicals issued at lesser intervals, and at the same time the price of the magazine can generally be greater...
Approximately 70 percent of the undergraduates have responded to the appeal of higher education in Europe, giving an average of more than two dollars a man. In the Freshman class subscriptions have been much the heaviest, the total of the contributions being almost...
...Society of Friends have assumed the heaviest responsibility in their history. Accustomed to little budgets of a few thousands a years, their relief of Germany has assumed $10,000,000 proportions, and they have the assistance of public citizens of all sects-Bernard M. Baruch, Paul D. Cravath, Charles W. Eliot, etc. This committee is headed by Major General Henry T. Allen who states: " America has never made war upon children...
...freight movement this Fall has been the heaviest in the history of the country. For 16 consecutive weeks car loadings have exceeded 1,000,000 cars, yet since last June there has been a surplus of cars in good condition averaging over 50,000 cars...
These two ships, with the Maryland (already in service), will constitute the heaviest fighting units of the United States Fleet, each being equipped with eight 16-inch rifles. It is expected that they will be assigned to the Pacific...