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Word: proportionably (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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"We devote," he wrote, "vast departments of government and great agencies of commerce and industry, science and invention, to decreasing the hours of work, but we devote comparatively little to improving the hours of recreation. We associate joy with leisure. We have great machinery to produce joy, some of it...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Philosophy | 6/6/1927 | See Source »

With the failure of the silver dollar and the two-dollar bill to win universal favor, the Treasury Department found itself printing (in 1926) 227,566,949 sheets of currency, a large proportion of which was in the form of one-dollar bills. It is the one-dollar bill that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CABINET: Paper-Cutting | 6/6/1927 | See Source »

Mr. Insull's plan was quite simple. The new opera site abuts on broad Wacker Drive, on Market between Washington and Madison streets. It is a convenient neighborhood for business offices and is increasing rapidly in beauty. Simply surround and cap your opera auditorium and dressing-rooms with 22...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: In Chicago | 6/6/1927 | See Source »

It may be argued that this novel science of business is, like the moving picture, in its infancy; that all is being taught that has been formulated into anything like teaching--that the rest will come and until then one must be content with the rudiments. This is possibly true...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE BUSINESS SCHOOL | 6/6/1927 | See Source »

I wish to second Mr. Fry's suggestions about the proposed dining hall. May I add the recommendation that in consideration of the present laboratory and noon class schedules, the hall might well open for lunch at a quarter or half past eleven? I might also call attention to the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MAIL | 6/3/1927 | See Source »

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