Word: less
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...other consideration be of some weight? If placed in the midst of, and more or less obscured by other buildings which crowd around, it cannot have the inspiring effect nor convey the significance which is desirable. Whereas on the river driveway it might stand forth somewhat like the famous Stump of old Boston and it would impress on all, on students as well as the public, that Harvard cares and stands for spiritual values. Robert Treat Paine...
...college of the size and nature of Harvard can give no single man, much less Mr. Seldes, a complete view of its nature. There seem to be so many characteristics of Harvard that no individual can see them all from his limited position. For example, one may attempt to classify the student body. He will find, among others, six groups--those dominated by a social complex, those with an intellectual complex, a pecuniary complex, an athletic complex, or a combination of these complexes, and finally, those with no complexes at all. Which is predominant is a matter open to question...
...Werrenrath stated that he considered the new English classical jazz as presented by George, Gershwin, worthy of consideration with the best classical music, saying. "In Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, there is nothing more nor less than a classical melody which Gershwin has written in a jazz idiom. I think that this jazz adaptation in no way decreases the merit of the selection, but, on the contrary, any other manner of presentation, for in stance, the classical, would have completely altered the charm of the theme. Then, too, you must, consider that Gershwin speaks well only in a jazz vein...
...with a thermocouple found her heat, absorbed from the sun, to be 159° F. ( Water boils on earth at 212° F.) While they were measuring, Earth passed between Sun and Moon, causing an eclipse. Moon's temperature dropped to 196° below Zero. Less than an hour later the lunar temperature was 155° F. Edison Pettit and Seth Barnes Nicholson, who reported this, estimated that when no sunlight reaches the Moon, her temperature falls to 459° below Zero...
...finished cars, last week had contracted to buy batteries, tires, bodies, shock absorbers from outside companies.* All manufacturers seem to give good value in 1929 cars. The table on p. 43 shows comparative prices. Often where prices are close together, they differ because one maker provides more or less fittings and accessories than another. Because every motor manufacturer produces the four-door sedan or a model very like it, the data pertains to that type of car. Prices shown below are as of Dec. 24, supplied mainly by Automotive Daily News. Many producers change their prices during the Show...