Word: limited
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...already announced the Navy's intention of asking Congress for two more battleships at the next regular session. Taking his cue from Franklin Roosevelt's fondness for quoting from other philosophers, Mr. Edison last week quoted him: ["It is] entirely consistent with our continuing readiness to limit armaments to maintain a defense at sea sufficient to insure the preservation of our democratic ideals and the maintenance of a righteous peace...
...strides. First is the rule by which members of the University are allowed to charge books for a month at a time. Of large Universities Harvard stands practically alone in letting books go out for such a long period, the usual length being two week and one week time limits. When a book is charged out for a month at a time, the student is tempted to dawdle in using the book and to keep it out up to the limit through sheer inertia, while others who may need the book in short order are told that...
...condensers. The second stores static electricity on balloon-sized electrodes until the potential is such that a mighty flow of direct current crosses the gap. For technical reasons, notably the difficulty of constructing a discharge tube which will handle the flow of high-voltage particles, the practical upper limit for these types is about 2,000,000 electron-volts. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which had a giant electrostatic generator shooting 7,000,000-volt sparks from electrode to electrode four years ago, has not yet put it to work smashing atoms because of the discharge tube problem...
...City College gives free training in technical schools of education, business, engineering, in addition to its liberal arts course. And one-half of the 47,000 enrollees are taking evening or extension courses. In the past ten years enrollment has jumped 14,000. Now the colleges rigidly limit entrance, require a high-school average of 75 to 80% for admission and have waiting lists. They are the only municipal colleges in the U. S. charging no tuition to undergraduates; they even supply some books. Non-city residents, evening and graduate students pay $2.50 to $5 a point...
...host must countersign the inter-House eating slip. The privilege will not apply on the occasions of special House dinners. It is understood that if unexpected loads on any of the House dining halls should occur too frequently, it may be necessary to require advance notice or else to limit the number of guests at any one time...