Word: leveler
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...bestow upon us the light of His countenance, and we have prospered. Not only have we enjoyed material success, but we have advanced in wisdom and in spiritual understanding. The products of our fields and our factories and of our manifold activities have been maintained on a high level. We have gained in knowledge of the higher values of life. There has been advancement in our physical wellbeing. We have increased our desire for the things that minister to the mind and to the soul. We have raised the mental and moral standards of life...
...mine owners were not unsympathetic, but pointed out that, as their industry is to a great extent run on borrowed capital and therefore has high interest charges to meet, they cannot afford to increase the level of wages, despite the fact that the total sum involved for the entire industry is something less than $100,000, unless they raise the cost to the consumer, and this the government, which controls mining, will not let them...
...DeLesseps collected delegates and money, and formed a company to cut a canal through Panama. Attempting a sea level canal, work proceeded for seven years, could not cope with the Culebra Cut and Chagres River. The management was characterized by "corruption rarely equaled in the history of the world." In 1887 plans were changed; work started on a canal with locks. In 1889 the company went bankrupt...
...MacPhail, captain of this year's team and for three years pilot of Big Green elevens. In addition to being one of the most resourceful and level headed field generals in the East, he is an important cog in the execution of lateral and forward passes. Although he seldom carries the ball he has amply demonstrated in the past his ground gaining ability...
...Deterding says that the Soviet oil industry has barely attained the pre-War level. He does not add that the Soviet authorities took over Russian oil fields five or six years ago with equipment almost completely destroyed by forces with which Deterding is not entirely familiar. Soviet money was used to reconstruct the industry almost from the bottom up to its present level, and this reconstruction required about...