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Word: proportionably (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Advice is of a fragile nature in that its value increases in inverse proportion to the amount offered the advisee. During this intimate interval of three days there will be much good counsel spread abroad; the College will belong to the Freshmen for this fleeting period and it is to...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE FIRST YEAR | 9/22/1927 | See Source »

This does not mean, however, that the national debt of France has been reduced in the same proportion as its debt to the Bank of France, for some of the amount was only canceled against new conversion bonds subscribed by the French public, which still remain a governmental liability. However...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: National Finances | 9/12/1927 | See Source »

Mayors are memorable in proportion to the extent that they represent the popular conception of their cities. Should the Lord Mayor of London visit the U. S., none would be content if he failed to take with him some prancing coach horses, a mace, a port complexion and some coldstream...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: Jazz Walker | 8/29/1927 | See Source »

Arthur E. Holt, professor of sociology at Chicago Theological Seminary, wished to trace down to actual statistics the obvious facts that in proportion to total numbers far fewer workingmen, especially union men, belong to churches than do professional and business men. To do this he prepared a table showing the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Church Members | 8/8/1927 | See Source »

"From this comparative table it appears that while wage earners make 77% of Chicago's total gainfully employed population, they comprise 67% of the gainfully employed church members. It would appear that professional people join the church in greater proportion to their total numbers than any other vocational class; that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Church Members | 8/8/1927 | See Source »

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