Word: lessening
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...made in Shepherd Hall, one of the University's dormitories for dropped Freshmen at 31 Holyoke Street, before the State Building Inspector will approve it any longer as a place of residence, it was learned last night from reliable sources. Within the next month steps will be taken to lessen the fire hazard, which was the chief objection raised by the Inspector in his examination of the building on Thursday afternoon...
...Unfortunately, the fact that science and machinery open wholly new possibilities for good does not, in our unskilled hands, prevent their collateral consequences from being peculiarly dangerous; nor does it lessen the difficulty of maintaining social balance in the midst of rapid change. Unless we learn how to maintain our stability, the evil consequences of machinery may out-weigh the good...
...spent annually by the students, Yale is providing the city of New Haven with more than the total of the proposed taxes. Any reduction in the University's outlay necessitated by increased taxation would discourage further endowment and the enlargement of facilities, and might well lessen the amount of money spent in the city. In fine, the municipality would be dealing itself a telling blow. The proper solution undoubtedly lies in some such arrangement as that in Cambridge, where the faculty has contributed directly to unemployment relief...
There are two very strong objections to the plan. From an economical point of view a thirty hour week would immediately seriously increase business costs; at present such a change would be undesirable. A shorter working week would lessen production, a drop which would have to be met by additional labor. The new men hired would also be drawing wages, all of which would add to the overhead costs of business; this is a ridiculous burden to add to the shoulders of business which is already hard-pressed. Meanwhile the hoped-for increase in consumption would come only...
...centre court at Roland Garros was entirely rebuilt this year, with a red clay surface even slower than before. This tended to lessen the celebrated speed of the No. 1 U. S. singles player. Henry Ellsworth Vines Jr. Combined with the fact that the U. S. team had not been impressive in the final round against Germany, it helped give France some of the confidence it had lost when Rene La Coste announced that he was too sick to play. French newspapers generously warned Vines not to eat pork and cucumber the day before he played Henri Cochet...