Word: rate
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...rate, the Church, in Mr. Spofford, has begun to recognize that anything which goes by the name of the "Golden Rule" is not necessarily millenial...
...Opposition asked the Government for permission to use the Chamber of Deputies for a memorial meeting. Permission was refused. The Fascist Party decided to hold a counter demonstration, but it was believed that the Premier had dissuaded them. At any rate, the first anniversary of the murder passed off quietly. Large numbers of police were ready for trouble, but none occurred...
Pole, Amundsen's direct line of retreat, circling south and east on their way back. The success of this search would rest largely on whether or not Amundsen had got marooned on drift ice, which would carry him southeast, around the tip of Greenland at the 'rate of about 10 miles a day. MacMillan's third plane would wait at Etah or Cape Columbia in case the rescuers needed rescuing...
...says Author Allen, is the same name as Smith. David gets the most space, nigh four pages; Paul is second, Moses third. Goliath who, says the author, "was probably ten feet high," gets only a paragraph for all his bulk, nor do Og, Gog and Magog, those hairy monsters, rate more. Noah is "accredited with having discovered the process of making wine." Joseph is referred to with consummate discretion: "Presumably being attractive of person, he suffered from a malicious and entirely unfounded accusation leveled at him by Potiphar's wife -whose passion Joseph did not share." Obadiah, says Author...
April consumption of gasoline was unprecedented, at the rate-of 27,030,000 gallons a day, thus surpassing the previous record month of August, 1924, when consumption reached 26,700,000 gallons daily. Some authorities expect to see a daily consumption rate of 29,000,000 gallons set for May, 1925; and, when this summer's season is really reached, a consumption of over a billion gallons a month. If this transpires, stocks in this country would amount to only a little more than a month and a half's supply...