Word: less
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...than it is for men. Canada and the U. S. are traditionally amicable neighbors, but this does not spare them from having back-fence arguments. Last week the problems between the two countries had accumulated to an extent that might well have shaken the amity of two less level-minded neighbors...
Always a timesaver, Speaker Longworth reduced to less than a minute the ceremony of swearing in the whole House membership. Heretofore the oath was administered to groups of 20. This time all members stood together. Each raised his right hand. The Speaker carefully read the oath. A thunderous "I do" rolled solemnly through the chamber as 402 members swore all at once...
Farm. One-half of the total number of U. S. farmers make less than $800 a year. The profits of only one-quarter exceed $1,200 per year, the Department of Agriculture's "minimum wage" for a farm family. Reason for low income: For every dollar the consumer pays for food, about 30 cents gets back to the farmer, 70 cents going for transportation, marketing, etc. The fanner gets no more because, ambitious, he grows too much, puts it up for sale. With all farmers doing this, a surplus is created, depressing prices. The farmer markets his goods individually...
...instance. Extr'ord'nary how little your hotel men spend on bathrooms! They tell me one really can't pay over $1,500 in New York for a bathroom with the finest standard fittings. Now in London what do you suppose we have to pay? Not less than ?1,000, or almost 5,000 of your dollars!" Though obviously keen to plunge into the riddles of "Prosperity" and "Standardization," tall, snowy-haired Connoisseur George Reeves-Smith soon consented to answer several questions which are riddles to many a U. S. traveler in Europe. Questions such as: "Which...
...spite of what seemed to be overwhelming opposition, and a flood of derogatory comments, which is gradually taking on a much more even and less impetuous flow, the Bolshevists have maintained their control in Russia for eleven years, and bid fair to continue as many more. Whether Communism has held its own along with the Bolshevist party is a much more doubtful question, and those capitalists who had most to fear from it and were most active in their attacks against it, are already beginning to hope that by a gradual process of change Russia will slip back to capitalism...