Word: parallels
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...most efficient and cheapest can be obtained only by government ownership and control. N. A. Rev., 132:369. (a) It would be conducted in the interest of the public; (b) tariffs would be greatly reduced.- (1) No unnecessary outlay for parallel lines, etc. (2) Local use of post office facilities. (3) Freedom from taxation.- Quart. J. Econ., Apr., '88. (c) Service would be more efficient.- (1) Lines would be made adequate for business, and (2) extended to suburbs and outlying districts; (3) Offices would be more centrally located.- Brit. Quart., 59:455, (4) Strikes would be impossible.- Hadley...
There will be material changes in the German courses next year. Courses two, three and four will be parallel courses, dealing with Lessing, Schiller, and Goethe respectively...
...Assyrian civilization. If certain persons had not found similar letters in the Persian language, it is probable it might never have been clear. Even then we might never have known the sequence of historical events in the Jewish nation if the Persian kings had not written their records in parallel columns, one in the Persian and the other in the Babylonian tongue. During the Babylonian and Assyrianan scendancy there lived among the Jews many of their great prophets. When the Jews were carried to Babylon in captivity these kept records of the events, and today we have libraries containing thousands...
...been that in the sixth century before Christ the Persians reduced an alphabet from this Babylonian script. The recurrence of proper names afforded a chance to compare these records with known history, but the greatest advance in decipherment was made when an extensive inscription was discovered written parallel in Persian and Cuneiform characters. Stereopticon views were shown explaining the geography of the Assyria, pictures of the ruins, excavations and restorations, and facsimiles of the inscriptions discovered...
...gymnasium competition at Amherst takes place at the Pratt gymnasium on March 26. The following is the programme of events: High kick, standing high jump, rope climbing, club swinging, boxing, pole vault, putting the shot, tumbling, flying and stationary rings, horizontal and parallel bars. There will be no tug-of-war contests as they have been forbidden by Dr. Hitchcock. The class receiving the greatest number of prizes wins the silk banner. The winners in each event will receive silver and bronze medals, and for record breaking gold medals will be given...