Word: prospect
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...gross quota allowance of immigration for the new year is the same as for the last, 357,803, of which 20% or 71,000 is the maximum which may arrive in any one month. There was every prospect that the monthly immigration quotas of several nations, notably Italy and Greece, would be exhausted in a day or two, and several others within a week...
Tests given the new Garand (semiautomatic rifle) at the Aberdeen proving grounds in Maryland were so successful that there is prospect of developing a valuable new arm for the infantry. The new rifle approximates the 1903 Springfield in weight and size. It has an automatic ejector to discharge the empty shells and reload, but it is necessary to pull the trigger for every shot...
...collecting much of a gathering is small, however. Secretary Hughes will remain in Washington. But Secretaries Hoover, Work and Wallace are with the President; Secretary Mellon sailed for Europe and will be gone for about six weeks; Secretary Weeks is expected to take a vacation near Mt. Prospect, N. H.; Attorney General Daugherty anticipates periodical trips to his home in Ohio; Postmaster General New will go fishing in Michigan; Secretary Denby will spend part of the summer in Michigan, also; Secretary Davis is expected back from Mooseheart, Ill., where he has been with his family, but may return there later...
...Next year an attempt will be made to put the management of the Union on a more scientific basis, while the membership will probably be increased by the new method of counting men as members until they resign. With a clear recognition of its dual purpose and with a prospect for better financial condition, the Union may look forward to a successful future...
...prospect of a $2,000,000 chemical laboratory at Harvard...