Word: mightly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...them eminently visible of cut and shade. Even in his training camp he likes to change his clothes several times a day. He has never lost a fight, nor learned to speak English. He fought at 121 lb. last week. Had he weighed three pounds less he might have been declared bantamweight champion of the world, a title at present unassigned. As it is, he is about three fights away from the featherweight title...
...possible film, gives the story an effect less real than it would have on the screen. Paul's dream of ultramodern warfare on land, sea and air, with poison gas, liquid fire, mob massacre, would make Hollywood producers tremble not only at the moral shock this might cause on the box-office front, but in itself would necessitate the hire of air fleets and duels, a Cathedral and High Mass, hordes of soldiers, five tanks "bigger and uglier than any contemporary tanks," a battleship which explodes - and, on top of all this, New York's East Side tenements...
Great among U. S. corporations, little known by the U. S. public, is Union Carbide & Carbon Corp., 1928 net income of which was $30,577,383. Yet, a public which might show no recognition of Union Carbide & Carbon probably would register instantly on Eveready batteries and flashlights. But Evereadies are only one product of one of many Union Carbide & Carbon subsidiaries. Most of its merchandise, metallurgical and chemical, will always have a specialized market; it is on intimate terms with the silicon, the chromium, the manganese, the ethylene, the acetylene and many another chemical family, but few of its products...
...With Americans consuming sugar at the rate of 105 Ib. per capita annually, which amounts to better than a third of a teacup daily, many diseases of the throat and nose can be traced directly to that cause." Later, Dr. Richardson vigorously refused to explain any bad effect sugar might have on nose or throat...
...burdened shoulders. Pleased also was Publisher Block, for with the added worry to his shoulders came added opportunities. The agreement meant a closer association be tween the two publishers, and friends of Mr. Block argued this possibility: were Mr. Block to keep the American substantially out of the red, might it not some day be profitable for him to buy the news paper? And might not that lead Publisher Block to buy other Hearstpapers? Publisher Hearst is 66, a selling-out age; Publisher Block is 52, a good age for buying...