Word: low
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...make its yearly descent on the U. S. To parents who are nervous about bringing their children to the New York World's Fair, Dr. John L. Rice, New York City Health Commissioner, was reassuring: "In the years 1937 and 1938 the incidence of the disease was very low and this year, up to the present time, it is even lower. No one can predict the future of poliomyelitis accurately, but based on our present knowledge, no one need fear infantile paralysis in New York City this year...
...educational Swarthmore as the No. 1 U. S. college, Frank Aydelotte as the ablest U. S. college president. Little Swarthmore aspires to cultivate its students' emotions and morals as well as their minds, is a good all around institution. Aydelotte, 58, a onetime Rhodes scholar, golfs in the low 80s, is a whiz at money raising, loved by his students, a good all around...
...Lamp is Low (Mildred Bailey; Vocalion), another tuneful theft from the semi-classics-this time from Ravel's solemn Pavan for a Dead Princess. Tommy Dorsey has made a dancier version for Victor...
...whose moisture was at the mercy of the weather. With the new Carrier outfit, already proved experimentally, no flame regulation will be necessary; it can condense an average of some 20 tons of water out of Birmingham Valley's smoky atmosphere daily, feed air of constant low humidity into the furnace. If successful, the new air-conditioning trick will remove one more human element from smelting, make pig of new uniformity...
...Daniel Willard's Baltimore & Ohio) have largely adhered through Depression I and II. Meanwhile, Western and Southern roads, which chopped deep into their passenger fares, reaped a reward in increased passenger revenues, less idleness for rolling stock and men. Last week, the Eastern roads finally enrolled in the low-price school...