Word: leveling
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...carefully lifted into place by a crew of workmen. The statue's turntable was motivated by a one-half h. p. motor which slowly swings the Indian 90° to the right in one hour, then 90° to the left next hour. From the second floor level of the concourse surrounding the figure, four big floodlights glow on Mr. Milles' work...
Geologists agree that during Pleistocene times the ocean surface was 7,000 to 10,000 ft. below its present level. Some 3,000 ft. of this lowering could have been caused by the ice sheets a mile or more thick which, in North America, crawled down as far as Kentucky and Missouri and which drained huge volumes of water from the seas. What caused the rest of the marine subsidence remains a mystery. In any case, it appears that the Pleistocene rivers coursed through land that is now submerged and many of them carved deep gorges. That the Hudson carved...
After a successful run in New York "Parnell" has been brought to the Shubert Theatre as the last of this year's series of drama offerings by the Theatre Guild in connection with the American Theatre Society. Maintaining the high level of artistic achievement attained by such previous members of the series as "Winterset," "Porgy and Bess" and "The Taming of the Shrew" it provides a thoroughly satisfying conclusion to a long and varied theatrical season...
...March, 1934, the hourly rated em-ployes received a further increase of 10%," said hard-boiled President Keller. "This brought hourly rates back to a level slightly higher than prevailed prior to the beginning of the depression in 1929. The report recently issued by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics . . . showed that living costs in the Detroit area were 15.7% less than those which prevailed in 1928-29. ... In September 1935, the minimum rates for male employes were increased to 60? an hour, and the minimum rates for female employes were increased to 52? an hour...
...Westinghouse pay checks will be 10% larger if second quarter earnings equal those in the first quarter, which averaged $1,244,151 per month. The plan also provides for a 1% wage reduction for every $60,000 by which monthly earnings fall below the $600,000 level...