Word: power
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Bacteriophage-a living by-product of the development of bacteria which has the power of destroying the bacteria when they reach a certain concentration (TIME, Aug. 30, 1926). The bacteriophage of bacillary dysentery has been employed by the Oswaldo-Cruz Institute in Brazil to eradicate bacillary dysentery in that country...
...Italian electrical industry is grouped about 12 major holding corporations, of which the Edison Company of Signor Motta in Milan is the largest, with the Hydro-Electric Company of Piedmont second and producing 17% of Italy's electric power...
Since the above facts were soundly before the 100 luncheon auditors of Financier Aldred, in Milan last week, they displayed a rational approval of his address covering Italo-U. S. co-operation in developing Italian power potentialities...
Naturally Mr. Aldred did not stress that his great competitor in the placing of Italian electric power securities is the house of Blair & Co., of Manhattan, who are handling more than $50,000,000 of such paper...
Walter Lippman, chief editorial writer of the New York World, delivered a lecture at the University of Virginia. Said he: "I believe that the body of educators has hardly realized the power it could exercise if it chose not to endure this perpetual bullying by ignoramuses. The teachers will be slaves if they act like slaves. Weakness always tempts the bully. If they cower they will be bullied. The tragedy and absurdity of the thing is that they could so easily rally a following if they had the imagination to realize how strong they are. If they chose...