Word: prevailingly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...hurtful to the cause of economy and to the ideas that ought to prevail in public circles as well as in business circles, to have an idea get out that there is something confusing, or hesitancy or what not, as you can see, something went out on a ticker that I read to you . . . Now we'll take a little rest...
Under the present arrangement lost books are replaced only at the request of a member of the faculty. The officials maintain that all essential books will sooner or later be called for by instructors and that students who really want certain books will prevail upon their instructors to go to the trouble of having them ordered. Such naive beliefs would be surprising in any but those who must spend an undue amount of time threading the mazes of Widener...
...Scottish ones reported, the annoyance of the Cowes populace that George V did not leave his yacht during the whole of "Cowes Week," and the fury of members of the Royal Yacht Club at the King's absenting himself from their annual dinner. Not even Her Majesty could prevail upon Yachtsman George, who was having a gorgeous sea time. To soothe the proletariat Queen Mary went shopping alone several times in Cowes, bought all sorts of knicknacks, including an ink-spot remover...
...another has been leased to a speakeasy. Realtors fear the proposed trans-Bay bridges may increase commuting. Dwellings are 32% vacant in San Francisco. Rentals in the cheaper districts north of Market Street ("The Slot") run about $25 for a two-room apartment, a 10% reduction. Similar reductions prevail in the wooden, stucco-faced buildings on the Marina, where stood the be jeweled buildings of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915). In the residential section rents are off about 20%. Hotel suites (for permanent guests) are down one-third...
...location chosen in that year was Leadville, Colorado, at an altitude of 10,000 to 14,000 feet. The following summer the scene of activity was shifted to the Panama Canal Zone, where conditions of high temperature and great humidity prevail. This year Boulder City was chosen because of the high temperatures whish had been reported there the are the humidity, and the led opportunity for studying the effect of these conditions on the workmen assembled at Hoover...