Word: patently
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...least in the present case, it is rather patent that Professor Fisher is completely at variance with the delegates from the News. They cannot believe that prohibition has accomplished at New Have what he insists it has. He cannot believe them at all. The difference in opinion is that between a flat "yes" and a flat "no"--and that is really a rather important difference...
...smaller colleges to exist under the university. The only novelty in the particular plan is that Harvard College itself would be divided for the sake of cultured efficiency which is perhaps a paradox, yet certainly a truth. And when the good to be gained from such division is as patent as deliberate considerations reveals this to be, the only real scruples must be those of wholly monitary nature...
...Patent monopoly of the Bell telephone endured for 17 years. Then independent companies immediately sprang up. The Bell system fought them ruthlessly for years. But local support kept them going, expanding. They formed national organizations, gave a tolerable toll service, far inferior to that of the Bell. Competition stimulated the use of phones. All companies that were fairly efficient made money. In 1912 a sort of peace was worked out between the rivals. The Bell began to give long distance service to Independents. When an Independent was bought out facilities. At present there are 8,200 Independent exchanges still existing...
...Gubelman invented and applied for a patent on an adding counter which printed totals. This could be made an integral part of cash registers or adding machines, such as the Burroughs, the Elliott-Fisher, the Sundstrand. He offered his patent rights on a royalty basis to N. C. R. They had also filed on a similar patent, refused his offer. To Remington he went. They sent him back to N. C. R. Refusal again. So Remington adopted the device as an integral part of their registers : filed suit jointly with him against N. C. R. for infringement; won as owners...
...Dawes, who has been fighting for a better cloture rule, was in the chair, and Mr. Borah exclaimed: "I trust the Senator from Alabama observed the broad smile on the face of the Vice President." Senator Blease, whom able Democratic correspondent Frank R. Kent describes as "the supreme political patent-medicine man," was very frank in proclaiming his position : "Mr. President, something has been said about a filibuster. I do not know that I exactly understand what that word means, but if filibuster means to speak, or filibuster means to vote, I want to say right now that I would...