Word: less
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Harvard University leads other institutions in the number of professors coming under the system, and, therefore, will receive a larger share of the cut. To late, Harvard professors have received $1,411,397 in pensions. Although they will get considerably less in the future, the exact amount is not known...
...observer in the Freshman Dining Halls these long spring evenings notes that while the doors open at 5.30 very few men avail themselves of the opportunity of eating until six o'clock or after. Statistics show that in one dormitory less than 30 percent eat in the first hour. The peak is reached...
...Vagabond, speaking personally, is not himself particularly interested in Divisional Examinations--or any other sort for that matter. It has always been his endeavor to make of himself, so far as possible, a cultured individual, rather than a more or less perfect example of the plumber's art, which should, when the right tap is turned and the right chain pulled react in the customary and appropriate fashion. Of course, that will not provide him with a sheepskin, and he shall probably have to content himself for some time with goat hide...
...there?" answered in an important little voice, "Lilybet, the P'incess." "Lilybet's" mother, Her Royal Highness the Duchess of York, is herself only two removes from becoming "Queen Elizabeth"-which title is constantly and teasingly applied to her by Edward of Wales. She would be less than human if she did not sometimes wonder how much truth there is in the story that he once said he would renounce his rights upon the death of George V-which would make her nickname come true. If there is a woman in England who can remain unperturbed...
Exports to Germany showed considerable decrease, but large gains by France and Italy helped show a general addition in Continental purchasing power. Germany bought more automobiles, less wheat, cotton and flour; remained best Continental customer...