Word: mightly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...quote from your issue of Jan. 7, page 16: ''Two sows are a hen, three hens are a hare, two hares are a wolfhound, and two wolfhounds are a cow." This might be continued: "Two cows are a salmon," which would make the approximate value of an Irish florin 48c and not $2.91 as you state. Greetings...
...week to a parklike strip between the Capitol and the Potomac which Washington calls The Mall. A contract had just been signed to erect a vast $6,000,000 colonnaded building for the Bureau of Internal Revenue. Were Andrew William Mellon more the Napoleon and less the patrician, he might, as he scanned Architect James A. Wetmore's plans, have thought: "This should be named the Mellon Building." For it was under him (though not because of him) that this department has expanded from an obscure to almost the central department of U. S. government...
...long run whether in the prohibition field or in any other field of government, infinitely more is lost than gained if for the sake of accomplishing immediately a purpose, no matter how desirable, a fundamental principle of good government and sound practice is violated." Such a philosophic dictum might almost have been taken direct from "greatest" Alexander Hamilton himself. And in enunciating it, Mr. Mellon had to employ almost Hamiltonian courage. For he laid down this principle in a letter opposing additional funds for Prohibition, thus opening himself to further attacks from the Triumphant Drys, who rightly suspect...
...American laws," Mrs. Hodson concluded, "have made contraception a purely medical matter. Margaret Sanger made it possible for a woman to whom another pregnancy might bring death or severe illness to obtain knowledge of contraceptive measures, and it is under this cloak that much information is given out. But it is necessary, if we desire to decrease the pauper classes, to institute an unhampered program of research into contraceptive questions to discover, if possible, a simple way to free poor or feeble minded women from the burden of families too large to be brought up with safety...
...suggested that the essays might consider the following points: Should the college be located in the city or in the country? What is the best number of students for a college to have. In order to best serve the individual and the group? What is the best manner of selecting students, and what points should be stressed in admission requirements? How much specialization should be allowed, and to what degree should electives be permitted? What is the most practical method of instruction, examinations, lectures, or seminars? Are fraternities more desirable as living quarters than dormitories...