Word: inferior
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...sister ship, S. S. Lexington, is expected to slide from the ways soon. Both Japan and Great Britain are building craft similar, but said to be inferior in speed and power. The nominal ancestors of the Saratoga : Saratoga I, a sloop of 18 guns, was built in 1780 by John Hemphreys ol Philadelphia, who later built the frigates Constitution, Constellation, etc. On Oct. 9. 1780, she captured four British vessels. Saratoga II, which mounted 26 guns and displaced 734 tons,† was flagship in the battle of Lake Champlain. From her Commodore MacDonough sent this despatch to Secretary...
...lean figure walked into a Southern hotel, in the latter part of February, confronted the clerk, who surveyed him dubiously. His suit, shabby and worn as thin as paper, had obviously been made by an inferior tailor; his shirt was old and very dirty; and, in spite of the fact that his face had not been shaved for several days, the clerk could tell at a glance that it was not the countenance of an aristocrat. Before addressing the hotel employe, he respectfully removed from his head a felt hat, and requested a room. He volunteered the information that...
...Legislative Assembly at Delhi, capital of India, passed by 49 to 41 votes a bill proposing reciprocal treatment for the U. S. and the British Colonies which consider Indians as an inferior race...
Grazing. The policy of free grazing on the Public Domain has resulted 1) in encouraging many grazers to enlarge their herds, 2) in reducing the grazing value of the range because of overstocking, 3) in production of inferior stock. In national forests, on the contrary, where grazing has been restricted, the range and the quality of the cattle has been improved. The unappropriated Public Lands should therefore be leased for grazing purposes with suitable regulations and fees to be determined by a Government committee...
...Significance. Mr. Firkins hesitates to suggest Howells as elementary schooling in American life for foreigners or students in the 21st Century. He recommends that they begin on "some inferior writer." Similarly, for persons unacquainted with Howells, Mr. Firkins' finely wrought literary study can be read with profit only after preliminary investigation of Howells' own work and of his other commentators. This book is a last critical word...