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...manifold duties and occupations keep him to a large extent out of sight, but his lanky figure has become a Yard landmark, and his presence is a valuable...
...Fords were not wholly new models, but the 1933 model with improvements. Chief changes: 1) a new dual intake manifold to the carburetor to increase mileage 2½ mi. to the gallon, increase speed from 82 to 87 m.p.h., increase power 12%, improve pickup; 2) automatic thermostat that prevents warm water from the motor circulating through the radiator until the engine has warmed up, thereby improving cold weather starting; 3) windows that move not only up and down, but also slightly sideways to provide a slit for draftless ventilation; 4) a more stylish radiator grill; 5) increases...
...industrialists and bankers, his opposition will undoubtedly be of prime importance in undermining the President's general support. This, in the opinion of Castor and myself, is indeed a great misfortune. The story is told that at a banquet in London, where Dr. Sprague waxed conservatively eloquent over the manifold virtues of the depression in eradicating the weak and inefficient, etc., Mr. J. M. Keynes approached him afterward and said, "There is only one word to describe you. You are a sadist." Dr. Sprague is a primitivist whose primitivism extends back only to the nineteenth century. Along with many other...
...club. The other two innovations put forward, however, indicate both a lack of foresight and the absence of sufficient hindsight to consider the crys of previous Councils for House autonomy and House tradition. The disadvantages of introducing non-members of the Houses into the House teams and libraries are manifold: the libraries, often overcrowded now, will lose much of their value; the temptation to take rooms outside the Houses will be increased, because the privileges of House membership will be so easily attainable by outsiders; and the sense of unity in the various Houses will be lost. In large measure...
...objects of the Grab State Plan, according to Mr. Walker, are manifold, and it is designed to attack the problems of the depression from more than one angle. "In the first place," he said, "the plan is intended to relieve unemployment through putting men to work in the gold fields. It should open up our vast gold resources through the grub staking of prospectors, and lead to the location of new dredging operations and the discovery of new lode mines. In the second place, it will put gold... purchasing power and a medium of exchange... directly into the hands...