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Word: proportionate (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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A slight pressure and a strong irritant seem to be needed to remove the impediment blocking the route from the undergraduate's mind to his voice. Where classroom discussion is at all possible it should turn less upon matters of fact, mere question and answer, and more upon matters of...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE SILENT SEX | 1/3/1924 | See Source »

He pointed out that in preparing the estimates of the cost of the earlier bill, Senator McCumber had assumed that 22½% would take farm and home aid, 2½% vocational training and 75% would take certificates. The Secretary declared that a proportion of 9%, 1% and 90%, respectively, was...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: The Cost | 12/31/1923 | See Source »

In the first place, there is the proposal that there be a bonus and a partial tax reduction. The Republican insurgents and a good proportion of the regulars of both parties favor this proposal, and there is no doubt that it will break party lines. The success of this proposal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TAXATION: No Agreement | 12/31/1923 | See Source »

Said he: "England looks upon flying as an economic contribution as essential to commerce as shipping. Aviation should not be regarded as a menace, to be curbed. Aviation ended England's insularity. England is now as much a part of Continental Europe as France or Germany. England's effort is...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fokker | 12/31/1923 | See Source »

With two insurgents on the Committee, the regular Republicans faced a tie vote if the troublesome two voted with the Democrats. But the insurgents clamored that Representative Nelson, their leader, should supplant one of the regulars proposed. The Democrats also would have liked another place on the Committee, changing the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: A Three-Cornered Contest | 12/24/1923 | See Source »

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