Word: normale
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...fact, this useless interregnum will be costly and dangerous whenever it occurs in troublous and critical times. In normal times we may overlook the waste it involves; but it becomes a matter of first rate moment in such times as this. We ought to take advantage of the present demonstration of its unpleasant possibilities to end it. Congress should submit an amendment to the states without unnecessary delay. Chicago Tribune
...which is causing ruin in one part of the country. That the remedy proposed is regarded is only temporary is shown by the fact that the tariff bill would be in operation for only four or five months--till the next harvest; it would not be permanent legislation for normal times...
...best thing I know about the human being is that under normal conditions he wants to demonstrate his standing as a man among men by proving himself a worker among other workers. In America at least the workmen do not want a larger share in the management so much as they want the satisfactions which should go with the job but are too often taken away from them by the hard-fisted and driving foremen...
...year 1919-20, the first normal athletic season since the war, the accounts of the Harvard Athletic Association showed a total deficit of $6343.44. In the "war" year, 1918-1919, due to the fact that the expenses were great, and the receipts exceedingly small, the loss was $30,208.10. In 1915-1916, the last normal year, the loss was only $368.35. The loss last year, $6000 greater than that of 1915-1916, is, as expected, due both to the fact that prices of necessary materials and wages had gone up out of all proportion to the prices charged for tickets...
Coach Claflin states that he is firmly opposed to the six-man game. Provided there be sufficient ice-area, Harvard will continue with the normal seven-man team, and Yale and Princeton are expected to do likewise. The limited space at the Pavilion last winter forced a decrease in the number of players, but with the new Boston Arena ready next month, a return will be made to the regular seven...