Word: power
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...only question that remains is whether such practical considerations outbalance the more doubtful equities of government as they exist under present conditions in Mexico. With elections usually only a mockery of free balloting, the party in power cannot be ousted save by military force, and in the past whenever enough of the army could be induced to desert and there was suillicient popular discontent this has been the result...
...unusual feature of this arrangement is that Mussolini seems to be willing to let such considerable power escape from his dictatorial control and fall into the hands of a late antagonistic faction. It is especially striking in view of the fact that he has expended so much effort in bringing Italy under the absolute control of the civil government. He takes no consideration of the fact that in a few years the Italian nation will consist of those persons whose education he is now entrusting to an institution that by its very nature can not be anything but reactionary...
...Several examples will serve to illustrate the methods of dealing with vibration difficulties. In the western part of the country there is a large power plant to which water is brought from a great head by huge pipes. The residents of the vicinity were considerably disturbed by a high pitched sound which seemed to be produced by the water pipes. After thorough investigation it was found that the noise was due to the number of blades in the rotors of the turbines and their relation to the speed of propagation of vibrations through water. A mere modification of the rotor...
...Rise of the English and Dutch Power in the East", Professor Usher, Widener...
...Purchasing Power Parity", Professor Williams, Harvard...