Word: power
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Geneva protocol. ¶Germany can manufacture methanol (synthetic wood alcohol) for 48? per gallon; in the U. S. the production costs range from 72? to 75?. So, last week President Coolidge raised the tariff on methanol from 12? to 18? per gallon, thereby using the full extent of his power under the Fordney-McCumber Tariff Act of 1922, which authorizes him to change duties within limits of 50%. This is the eighth time that President Coolidge has raised the tariff; twice (on live bob white quail and paintbrush handles) he has lowered it. ¶General Humbert Nobile, pilot and builder...
...Lawrence route is the most feasible for navigation and water power development. A channel, large enough for ocean ships, could be cut from Montreal Harbor to Lake Ontario, at costs varying from $350,000,000 to $650,000,000. This is about one-fifth of the cost of the proposed all-American canal through New York State from the Hudson to Lake Ontario, which was disapproved of last month by a board of Army engineers...
...climactic number, the Fourth Symphony by Brahms, is charged with an emotional power that makes it well-suited for the conclusion of a repertoire that is at the start descriptive and interpretative. The emotional fire of this composition in E minor never Mazes into a lurid display nor dies down to lukewarm embers, but always remains at a steady white heat. The musical skill and energetic orchstration that marks Brahms symphonic work is especially apparent in this Fourth composition...
Last night Professor Harry Elmer Barnes of Smith College faced an excited and sceptical crowd of Debating Union members, swept them off their feet by his speech, and won them over to his side by sheer power of oratory and convincing argument. The final vote of the audience was 81 to 25 in his favor, with 29 not voting...
...academies. During the War he was president of the Citizens' Committee on War-Time Prohibition. The titles of some of his tomes give a clew to the mind of the man: A Brief Introduction to the Infinitesimal Calculus, The Nature of Capital and Income, National Vitality, The Purchasing Power of Money, How to Live, League or War? etc. And all this was not enough. So Professor Fisher in his odd moments became a businessman-inventor. He conceived the "Index Visible" filing system, was made first president of that company which recently merged with Rand-Kardex Bureau...