Word: loss
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...paintings by Hopper are matchless in their clean and spacious solidity. "Storage Plant" embodies precision without loss of emotional content. The use of clear color together with his distinctive way of turning a relatively unimportant subject into an impressive, work of art; gives a natural force to Hopper's paintings. His clear, cloudless skies, fresh grass, and firm buildings, make a person momentarily forget that he is inside a museum...
...crew from Syracuse is still a question mark in pre-race speculation. Some have claimed poor steering was responsible for the Orange loss to Cornell over a one mile course. A man being lifted bodily out of the boat spoiled what promised to be a good race at Derby two weeks ago when the Orange faced Yale. It is true that the Crimson defeated the Syracuse boat by a decisive length and a half when it raced on the Charles, but the margin will not necessarily be the same after four weeks...
...fifteenth victory for the Yearling nine, out of seventeen starts, and vindicates them for their loss to Lawrence Academy earlier in the season. Huntington recently had turned back the Academy boys and were rated as possible favorites in yesterday's game...
...years of bombardment, this is not an unlikely estimate. In any war, army engineers have good reason for taking care of the telephone system, and once hostilities are over, business can quickly revive. Last week, Mr. Behn pointed out that I. T. & T. has not only recovered its net loss of 10,525 telephones during the fighting at Shanghai in 1937, but gained 7,335 more...
...about every three years. For the nation as a whole this is certainly no formula for wealth and plenty. The six-week soft-coal deadlock that ended last week caused serious and conspicuous economic damage. Retail trade in the strike area dropped 15% to 20%. Estimates of the total loss of purchasing power ran as high as $100,000,000. Though last week's settlement came in time to prevent large-scale stoppage of factories, ships or railroads, the effects of the strike will continue to be evident in chart and index for weeks to come...