Word: proportionably
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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In New York City $300,000,000 to $400,000,000 is invested in apartment hotels; in Chicago, Seattle, Oakland, Los Angeles, Louisville, New Orleans, Atlanta virtually as much in proportion to total property valuations.
The fundamental requisite for genius is a good heritage. This no one denies. But a benevolent environment is a factor of no less importance. I have not the slightest doubt but that America today is teeming with potential greatness, a goodly proportion of which will never come to fruition because...
It is quite the fashion for ignoramuses to make fun of eugenics. Unfortunately their witty observations do not change the situation. Feeblemindedness, epilepsy, certain types of insanity and numerous physical abnormalities are hereditary. Every country is afflicted with more than a sufficient percentage of these undesirables. An increasing proportion means...
Exhaled Alcohol. In Cincinnati Dr. Emil Bogen persuaded persons arrested for intoxication to blow up football bladders. Such exhaled gasses he made to pass through a solution of potassium bichromate, which changed from yellow to green in proportion to the amount of alcohol on the individual's breath. Extra...
"Not only in larger volume but also in larger proportion is the speculative money of the West going east," lamented Glenn Griswold in the Chicago Journal of Commerce last week. That explains the relative value of a seat on the Chicago Stock Exchange to seats elsewhere, according to his table...