Word: lowers
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Lower railroad freight rates and cooperative marketing to help the farmers but not Government price fixing or entry into the grain business...
Still another reason for the use of the four-oar unit is the fact that, while the movements are of course identical with those employed in an eight, the difficulty of each separate element of the stroke is increased to a notable extent. A four is rigged lower and so requires finer manipulation of the oar to free it from the water at the finish. A four is harder to propel than an eight. And most important of all, the problem of balance, with only two oars on a side, is magnified beyond all proportion to that required...
Freshmen and Sophomores interested in Military Aviation have been offered an opportunity to join the 101st Observation Squadron 26th Division Air Service. At present there are ten vacancies and Lieutenant G. H. Fiske '14 has opened the enrollment to the two lower classes of the University...
...That he had awarded a contract at Northampton, Mass., to a firm whose bid was $27,000 higher than that of another bidder. Forbes testified that the higher bidder promised to perform the job in 60 days, the lower bidder in 120 days, that winter was approaching and it was necessary to get the contract completed...
Attacking the legislative and political attempts to lower railroad rates, he expressed his belief that Congress, if it takes any action next session upon the railroad question, will help rather than hurt the carriers, especially respecting further railroad consolidations. Curiously enough, as Mr. Livermore pointed out, this movement for greater consolidations was not only severely criticized by Congress, but was blocked by Congressional action two decades ago, when promoted by the late E. H. Harriman and others...