Word: meres
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...mere establishment of the gold standard does not imply that a fair price cannot be maintained for silver and that some arrangement cannot be made in regard to silver...
Last year only six freighters visited Churchill. The five-year average of grain exported is a mere 3,000,000 bu. The town, itself, once planned to become a metropolis, remains a huddle of shacks on the naked shingle beside the Bay. The Hudson Bay Railroad runs but one train a week...
...Future of Marriage in Western Civilization develops his theory that marriage, which he defined in an earlier volume as "a more or less durable connection between male and female, lasting beyond the mere act of propagation till after the birth of offspring," is fundamental in human society, growing out of the necessities of life in primitive and modern communities. This theory brings him into opposition with such writers as Briffault and Iwan Bloch, who have maintained that primitive societies were promiscuous and that the family, as a relatively recent development in human society, will eventually disappear. Dr. Westermarck says that...
...prolific. . . . She married Prince George of Denmark in 1683, when she was 19, and had 17 children in 25 years, before George's death and the menopause brought to a doubly sure conclusion her attempts to produce an acceptable heir to carry on the Stuart succession. At the mere sight of George she fell pregnant; but of all these children only six lived long enough to be given names." Queen Anne was a heavy drinker. Her many pregnancies caused varicose veins in her legs. One vein ulcerated, producing toxaemia and death...
...cause nearly 100% of the accidents. These accident-prone drivers (whether speed maniacs, psychopaths, drunks or morons) can be policed off the roads. In this regard the states fail miserably. Four impose no restrictions on drivers; eight require only that a certain age be reached; twelve grant licenses on mere application; 24 require tests, which are almost universally insufficient. For the other 85% of drivers the great need is instruction. Indiana leads the way here, requiring 20 hours a semester of driving instruction in high schools. Third means of improvement is strict punishment. That this works was proven by Evanston...