Word: rate
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...reported that the political circles of California have been mildly agitated, at any rate "given something to think about" as a result of the announcement that a movement is on foot to urge Will Rogers to run against Hiram Johnson for the United States Senatorship. The matter has been brought to public notice as a result of a telegram sent to Rogers by the State Treasurer of California, in which the Treasurer is reported to have assured Rogers of enough support to gain him a seat at Washington. In announcing his action, the official is quoted as saying that Rogers...
...generally are just beginning to appreciate the fact that the dairy business is the most stable business in which they can engage. Present outlook indicates that in 1928 the dairy business of this country will receive its greatest impetus. The national consumption of cheese is increasing at the annual rate of about one-half pound per capita. This makes it necessary to increase production of cheese at least 40,000,000 pounds annually...
...obtained a situation as a solicitor's clerk. Ten years later his first novel, A Man From the North, was published and, as he puts it, yielded profit sufficient for a new hat. A prodigious worker, he was soon evolving the printed word at a tremendous rate, Vanguard being the 62nd volume to bear his name. His best-known and perhaps most successful effort is The Old Wives' Tale...
Recently a Californian, one Bernick Linden, made the supreme sacrifice of the booster, and killed himself in Los Angeles, it may be said without irreverence, that others might live in San Diego. This was no deadly jest. For San Diego had a higher suicide rate than its rival, a higher rate, in fact, than any other place in the country. In a region where life is nothing but beautiful girls in bathing suits, and sunny days, existence was too exquisitely delightful, and people were killing themselves out of pure joy on every hand. But Mr. Linden with remarkable insight...
...Birth control," M. Russell went on to say, "is not only a desirable institution, but also an economical necessity, and especially is it needed in the crowded tenement districts. In China the rapid birth rate is offset by pestilence and famine, but here in America where there is no immediate danger of such conditions, there ought to be some means of enabling a man and woman to enjoy the companionship of married life without the fear of the expenses that children would cause...