Word: minimum
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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None of yesterday's matches were particularly hard-fought except in the 155-pound class when Harris defeated D. S. Muzzey '23 in an exceedingly close match which was won with almost the minimum time advantage...
Thousands of people, eager for success at a minimum cost, support these "institutions", for modern enlightenment has not yet replaced mediaeval superstition. A "royal road" to learning is still sought,--some uncanny alchemy to make knowledge grow where ignorance grew before. Strangely enough, many people would rather trust to the potency of some unknown agent, than rely on the well-proven prescription of self-denial and hard work...
...Johnson laid the "Cock Lane ghost" by showing that some one who had learned the dangerous minimum of fact was playing upon the credulity of the public. So completely did the Salem witches take in the hardheaded Puritans, that they were placed in the fire to drive out the evil spirits. Mary Ellen of Nova Scotia kept sophisticated newspaper readers undecided between belief and scorn. And more recently a nurse caused gray bearded doctors to shake their puzzled heads at her steadily maintained temperature of 114 degrees until the hoax was discovered in the form of a hot water bottle...
...justified by the number of students whose time and convenience would be served. The History reading-room, on the ground floor, seems the most logical room to keep open. If this room were used, the rest of the library could be closed and darkened. Only one attendant and a minimum of light would be necessary...
...land miles); weight of 33,000 tons. They will be fitted with the latest giant catapaults, capable of being operated in any direction without interfering with the ship's routine or with gunfire. These catapults are for the projection of planes, giving them a flying start in a minimum distance through...