Word: higher
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Unlike the graduates of other institutions of higher learning, alumni of the U. S. Naval Academy at Annapolis do not hark back as one man to their days under Old Prexy So-and-so. The Annapolis superintendent changes every two years or so as the Navy's admirals are sent to sea or to new desk jobs. Last week a new Annapolis superintendent was designated by Secretary Wilbur, to succeed Rear Admiral Louis McCoy Nulton. Rear Admiral Nulton, raised to Vice Admiral, will go to command the battleship divisions of the U. S. battle fleet. To Annapolis will...
...crimes. There is terrible force in the contention that the Republican party deserves punishment, if it is impossible.to put the Falls, Dohenys and Sinclairs into jail. How can it escape punishment if it rejects a candidate with the qualifications of Mr. Hoover, unless there is a candidate with higher qualifications? And where...
...regardless of their private convictions and habits, few wealthy citizens are willing to jeopardize their stand-in-the-community by pronouncing publicly against Prohibition. To be openly against Prohibition is unconventional. Moreover, many a rich man, untroubled by Prohibition himself, says it is "good for the working people," meaning higher production and purchasing power...
...American Newspaper Publishers' Association adopted a resolution urging Congress to lower postal rates for newspapers (these rates now range from 50% to 900% higher than before the War). A committee on Freedom of the Press was appointed to investigate the doings of outside censors...
...interesting study nowadays. They're losing their calves. Why, these high-heeled shoes they're wearing are changing completely the shape of their legs. . . . They ride in automobiles too much. So, not walking, they get shorter. And because they're getting shorter, they're wearing higher heels so they can walk beside their...