Word: lowerings
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...bombs; 2,500 lbs. of fuel, enough for 500 mi.; 1,000 Ibs. of personnel; 500 lbs. of munitions for machine guns. Without bombs and cartridges, 5,000 Ibs. of fuel could be carried and the Cyclops flown to Europe. Five machine guns are carried: one out on each lower wing, clear of the propeller and thus not necessarily synchronized with it, to be operated from the cockpit, aiming straight ahead; one in a disappearing turret which drops down from the fuselage aft of the pilot, for defense below; two firing as one in another turret rising above the fuselage...
...Ford and his family own 100% of the securities of the Detroit & Toledo R. R. and 99% of the securities of the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton R. R. Now Mr. Ford wanted to merge the two roads, to buy out that troublesome 1% of his partners. They persisted, he assigned lower values to their shares. The Interstate Commerce Commission made no ruling on the values of the shares, but said last week that Mr. Ford's method was, "not consistent with fair dealing." If more than a million freight cars are loaded per week, then the U. S. is prosperous...
...recently, in the hours of the church, enlarged again. It reaches the ankles. Although a poor cleric (such as the brother of the Bishop of London) would not have embroidery on his simple alb, the Bishop's has bespangled wristlets and he could have ornaments on the lower hem if he cared to have them. A Roman Catholic bishop wears an alb, as does, too, the medieval priest of the Eastern Catholic Church. The latter's alb has alternate red and white stripes to signify the blood and bonds of Christ. Chasuble. This (Anglican Church) garb...
...last week all illusions were shattered when President Coolidge informed the press that wooden bridges had covers merely to protect the lower timbers from the elements which would rot them. Such bridges will frequently outlast a succession of iron bridges. The President told of a wooden covered span near Springfield, Mass., which has been standing more than a century...
...gold standard reminds me of a noxious little pest called the jigger which infests the coffee-growing areas of the West Indies. It enters the human body through any abrasion in the foot. It circulates with the blood and finally comes to the lower part of the stomach. There it multiplies and feeds voraciously on whatever its victim eats. In order to satisfy its demands the patient himself eats enormously of all kinds of cereals until his stomach becomes hideously distended. There is only one cure and that is to drink eucalyptus, which kills the jigger...