Word: nadir
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...fact that the universities in this country are not traditionally, as they are in England, training grounds for the nation's statesmen. Although American universities cannot be made replicas of the English in this respect, there are other means of inciting brilliant men to rescue college debating from the nadir into which it has fallen...
...disclosed that once again M. Pisart would visit the U. S. Again it is hoped that his arrival may mean an agreement to curtail African production, the weapon European consumers brandish over U. S. producers. But coppermen had little hope that 9½? would be the nadir. One smelter was. reported already to be shading the new price, and there was talk that the lowest price in recent history, 1894's 9?, may be seen again. No company could make sizable profits at that price, many could make none. And coppermen noted with fear that last fortnight International Paper...
...familiar to average occidentals is the famed throne upon which sit Persia's Shahs. And this came from India, not Persia. Built in the reign of Shah Jahan (1627-58) in India's "golden age of architecture," it appeared in Persia after the sack of Delhi by Nadir Shah in 1738. Designer is thought to have been Ustad Isa, reputed creator of the Taj Mahal. Before it was stripped of most of its appurtenances, silver steps led up to the throne proper, a peacock tail canopy overspread it, diamonds, rubies, precious gems, thick as stars on an autumn...
...Nadir of outspoken pessimism was reached in a trade forecast issued last week by the British Electrical Manufacturers' Association. This potent group went on record as predicting the present trade depression will almost surely last through 1931, that any recovery in 1932 will be only temporary. The U. S.. said this forecast, will take longer to recover than in 1921, being retarded by too large a production capacity, overcapitalization of earning assets...
...Peshawar, British India, anyone possessed of the sum of 6¢ could obtain a graphic idea of what King Nadir meant by "severe punishment." Photographs were on view, at 12 annas a peek, showing the execution of Bacha Sakao, the Water Boy Bandit King (TIME, Nov. 11). Contrary to official reports, cabled accounts, Bacha Sakao was not "humanely shot." With ankles loaded with heavy chains, he and his five companions had ropes knotted about their necks, were hauled into the air, to strangle slowly. No coward, Bandit Bacha scoffed and jeered at his executioners while breath...