Word: leveler
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Senators. They grow up sooner in Europe than we do here. And, of course, Bismarck grew up in a family that had the tradition of ruling. . . . Any party which has the Prince as its leader is bound to be moderate and practical, for he it a most temperate and level-headed young man. In the course of a long conversation he never gave expression to an extreme opinion. He was as calm, balanced and judicial as if his country had been a neutral in the great War and had not suffered from a harsh and difficult peace." OSCAR VON DUHN...
...will soon learn. These servitors, and people even more wretched, such as the native Indians, live in the southeast section of the city, down towards Lake Texcoco, in huddles of squalid cabins and terraces. Their mortality is terrible in spite of the high altitude (7,415 ft. above sea level) and the fine climate (temperate...
...Corbett was asked about the position of his own former calling, the boxing game, at present. "It is better off now than it ever has been. Not only with respect to the gate receipts, but fights are on the gate receipts, but fight are on the level, despite many statements to the contrary...
Closely following the action of the University last week in extending the cut privilege to Seniors in good standing, comes the announcement made yesterday by the officials of Yale University, that taking effect in the near future, upper classmen who have attained a certain level of scholastic proficiency will be allowed to attend regularly scheduled lectures and classes at their own discretion...
...than crushing; Industry reached its highest peak of post-war prosperity last year, thus showing conclusively that the present rate of taxation is not putting too much of a strain on business. The government can turn the prosperity of the times to advantage, by keeping taxation at its present level...