Word: higher
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...patently political appointment, but far from scandalous. A product of Louisville, Commissioner Lucas, now 41, was elected city police court prosecutor in 1917, his first public office. Blackhaired, handsome, alert, the young man managed to outshine the higher court officials of the time...
...Rome last week Prime Minister Benito Mussolini raised the duty on imported wheat to 140 gold lire ($7) per metric ton. This tariff is nearly 100% higher than the rate effective in September of last year. Good news for Italy's wheat growers, it was sad news for bread-eaters and macaroni men; particularly sad for U. S. and Canadian farmers, who are still racing to dispose of surplus wheat crops (TIME, May 13). To Prime Minister Mussolini the development of wheat growing is more immediately important than cheap flour for his people. Half of Italy's trade...
...Starting from obscure beginnings and having as assets only the ideals and hopes of its initiators, Radcliffe weathered a long period of financial worries, at last to emerge into an era of large endowments and prosperity. No college for men or women in the country can today boast of higher standards of scholarship and attainment than can Radcliffe...
...Mary's street to the Harvard Bridge. The Jayvee and third University crews, stroked by P. H. Watts '31 and R. L. Pearson '31 respectively, went over the distance together at a relatively low beat, while the first string oarsmen paced by James Lawrence, Jr. '29, followed at a higher stroke. The crews then continued to the West Boston Bridge where several changes were made in the seating of the second and third eights...
...short flight the gasoline engine and its fuel would have been slightly lighter than Packard's diesel and its oil. On longer flights with more gallons of fuel needed the diesel combination would obviously be the lighter. Other accomplishments included reductions of fire hazard (oil requires higher temperature than gasoline for ignition) and radio interference (by the electrical wires of the gasoline engine's ignition system...