Word: less
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Second, The question of reducing land armaments is considered more or less extraneous to U. S. interests and easily postponable-since the U. S. is primarily (in peace time) a naval power...
...corona from two points where the eclipse would take place at times a half-hour apart. On this account stations were located, not only in Sumatra and the nearby Malay Peninsula where the eclipse had nearly its maximum duration, but also in the Philippines where the duration was considerably less. As it happened, the shorter duration in the Philippines was more than offset by better weather. In Sumatra there was clear weather for the necessary half-hour, but some of the expeditions on the Malay Peninsula failed entirely. There should. however, be photographs good enough for valuable comparisons. Never before...
...curbstones in Detroit are higher than curbstones in St. Louis, distressed is the curbstone maker and pleased would he be at the adoption of a uniform curbstone for all U. S. cities. Last fortnight Department of Commerce minds bent themselves to the task of simplifying the wheelbarrow industry. No less than 168 different types of wheelbarrows trundle through U. S. streets, yards, farms. To 22 types this number should be reduced. Last week the Department came to grips with men's pajamas and their standardization. On request of the nightwear manufacturers' division of the International Association of Garment...
Arkansas Natural Gas. Of Arkansas Natural Gas, Mr. Broun holds no less than 100 shares, the purchase apparently having been inspired by the 500,000 share turnover (TIME, May 13) during one day last fortnight. Mr. Broun bought the preferred, which has been almost stationary around 8. With his Arkansas Natural Gas, his public morality got once again all entangled in the tentacles of the Superpower Octopus. For Arkansas Natural Gas is a subsidiary of unique Henry Doherty's Cities Service Co., great among U. S. utility companies...
...international complications next year because the Royal & Ancient Society of St. Andrews, high court of British golf, has refused to change the present standard ball. The new ball is said to make lies better, putting straighter, drives shorter by five or six yards. Because it has more surface and less weight it increases the errors of hookers, slicers...