Word: proportionate
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Still another reason for the use of the four-oar unit is the fact that, while the movements are of course identical with those employed in an eight, the difficulty of each separate element of the stroke is increased to a notable extent. A four is rigged lower and so...
The important Senate Committees were composed in the last Congress of ten Republicans and six Democrats. It is proposed to change this proportion to nine-seven. If the regular Republicans yield to both insurgent and Democratic demands, they will be in the same committee situation which they are in on...
Professor McDougall has announced the subject of his address tomorrow as "Psychic Research," and it is probable that he will discuss in particular the recent questionnaire which was sent out to 1500 members of the University to determine what proportion of that num-had ever experienced mental telepathy or thought...
University presses in this country are comparatively young institutions, and naturally do not as yet enjoy the prestige of many of the longer established publishing houses. Every man is flattered by having a publisher ask him for a book, and it is natural to suppose that the feeling of satisfaction...
Dr. Robert Andrews Millikan, native American of Anglo-Saxon stock, was awarded the 1923 Nobel prize for physics. This is the fourth time that a Nobel award has been made to an American scientist.* The fact that 66 men and women in all have received Nobel decorations in physics, chemistry...