Word: proportionate
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Robert Alexis Green, Congressman from Florida, addressed the House of Representatives objecting to a feature of the proposed estate tax which is disadvantageous to his state: "Is it equitable and just that you should force this upon the people of Florida, a state which is large in proportion, having 58...
"During many years he had to teach elementary German, as did nearly everyone who had recently conbac back from a German university. The elements of Italian he taught, also; in fact, until his last years an unconscionable proportion of his time was spent in imparting the rudiments of languages; and...
What do these men think of football? Not that it is a giant trust or a brutal show of beer and brawn. They like the game. It is good to watch. Besides, it makes for unity within colleges and for friendship between different crowds of men in different colleges. The...
Maybe that was where they belonged and if so, it helps a little to explain Princeton's superiority over Harvard. For some reason Harvard does not seem able to play football more than a little bit. But why? Harvard is a large institution with a good many youths in it...
In October, the General Motors Corporation broke all records both in earnings and sales. The sales amounted to approximately 96,000 cars and trucks, including Buicks, Chevrolets, Cadillacs, Oldsmobiles, Oaklands. The preceding month of September had established the existing high record of sales at 89,000 cars and trucks. These...