Word: lowers
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...spite of the perennial warnings of economists of the dangers of an unrestricted growth of population, particularly among the lower classes these laws probably reflect the conventional point of view of the average person. Although organized opposition to the birth-control movement is largely confined to one or two powerful groups, general ignorance or apathy are even more potent in preventing any attempts to establish free discussion of the topic...
...Federal Court at St. Louis, the O'Fallon contended that it and the Manufacturers' R. R. were one, and should be so valued. The O'Fallon's excess profits on this basis would have been equalized by the Manufacturers' lack of profits. The lower court sustained the Commission, ducked the question of valuation by claiming that regardless of what method the commission used, the O'Fallon still had profited by more than 6 per cent, so must contribute to the I. C. C. fund. An appeal was taken to the Supreme Court...
Preparations were made for sending a Keystone twin-motored bomber from Ohio to "destroy" lower Manhattan at night...
...courses along the way. The tutorial system, in other words, still seems to be superimposed, to integrate the course system; whereas ideally the course system should merely supplement it. This seems to be the prevalent opinion. But one system can only grow at the expense of the other--hence, lower required courses...
...health work for students was continued during the year and complete physical examinations were made of the members of the two lower classes. Numerous physical defects which would interfere with their progress in their professional work were discovered and in most instances corrected. Eye defects were found to be quite common. The correction of visual defects occurring in our students is of great importance in so exacting a requirement on vision as dentistry. An effort is being made to study the effect on scholarship of the correction of these physical defects...