Word: merely
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...entering college should do much toward reducing some of these over-weighted courses. And as concerns those taken for distribution, more independence in choosing courses, coupled with the raising of the general average of competency in the section-men, will tend somewhat to overcome the disadvantage of being a mere seat-number in the eyes of the instructor...
...Parliament's bull-of-the-week was made by famed Philip Snowden, crippled, drawn-faced Chancellor of the Exchequer. He referred to former Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin (now a mere Conservative M.P.) as "the Prime Minister," then clapped an anguished hand to his forehead as the House burst into goodnatured roars...
...commercialism which grew out of the annual touching remembrance to mothers. But the same methods which have been so beneficial to the maintainance of purity of affection in American home life have still another defect when applied to the gridiron. Telegrams are delivered on paper of a hue the mere mention of which in a locker room is enough to make every shower in the place run cold...
Riled by such insubordination President Hoover retorted: ". . . The appointive responsibility rests in the President, not in any organization. ... No longer shall public offices be regarded as mere political patronage. . . . The success of the Republican party rests upon good government, not upon patronage, and Florida will have good government so far as it is within my power to give it. ... I note your demand that the organization shall dictate appointments in Florida, irrespective of merit or my responsibility. I enclose herewith copy of a statement I issued last March [expressing a willingness to cooperate only with reputable Republicans in South]. That...
Tadjikistan, both strategically and commercially important, abuts on Afghanistan and China, produces not only cotton but gold, coal, oil, iron, zinc and pigeon-blood rubies. Intensive field work by smart agents of Dictator Stalin caused Tadjiks to increase the area of their cotton fields from a mere 4,900 acres in 1917 to 240,000 acres this year. Meantime at the Moscow Government's expense 140 miles of railway are under construction in Tadjikistan, together with 312 miles of highways, 60 medical dispensaries, twelve modern hospitals...