Word: minimum
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...office, however, she made all her allowed appointments to Annapolis. The class of 1927 has just been admitted to the Naval Academy. Among its members was Wallace Mason Huck, grandson of William E. Mason, son of Winifred Mason Huck. He was found to be two inches under the minimum height for admission to the Academy. The requirement was waived...
...wages based on the cost of living was urged. The Government feared it would add to the depreciation. The companies said a wage which varied each week would make it impossible to quote prices in doing business. The workers said that 15,000 marks an hour was the minimum on which a worker could live. They also demanded an immediate bonus of 500,000 marks...
...similibus curantur. The theory is that specific drugs produce in the healthy, symptoms of the diseases they are adapted to cure. The selection and administration of the proper drug for each disease is the heart of homeopathy. 3) The use of only a single remedy for each disease. 4) Minimum dosage, i. e., smaller doses, put up in uniform pellets, were thought to show the best curative powers. Hahnemann himself "proved" some 90 drugs, and his followers have ransacked the whole Pharmacopoeia for "similars." The method took hold, despite strong medical and official opposition, and spread rapidly in Europe. Hahnemann...
...speed of 130 miles per hour when fully loaded with pilot, four passengers and gas for three or four hours' cruising. A single wing is adequately braced by a pair of struts projecting on either side from the hull, the structural resistance in the air being reduced to a minimum. The engine starts at the pressing of a button ? gone are the days when mechanics had to swing a propeller painfully and dangerously and many times. Passengers are partially enclosed and protected from wind and rain, yet have a magnificent view. The inside of the cabin is like...
West Point graduated 261 cadets to become second lieutenants in the Army. General Pershing presented the diplomas and told the class: " You have a rare opportunity and a sacred obligation." Leading the class was F. R. Johnson, of Tacoma. Although he is an inch under the prescribed minimum height, he was admitted to the Academy on probation and led his class for four years, amassing 2,608 out of a possible 2,770 points. Thirteen of the graduates had served in the regular Army before entering the Academy; two were Filipinos; one was from Hawaii...