Word: rated
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Western Union and Postal Telegraph must watch this rising communications company. Said Dr. John Nathonsohn, Manhattan representative of Universal Wireless, naively: "We are not proposing to undercut the wire companies. But we intend to offer a 12-word message instead of a 10-word one at the same rate now being charged for the shorter one by the telegraph companies...
...twelve reputable citizens of full age," three court officials, two physicians, seven keepers, a clergyman, the executioner (a skilled electrician). The warden must also attend the scene himself. Warden Lawes says that he has received more than 700 applications for the job of executioner, many of them offering cut-rate prices...
...story, then, is an imaginative one, and those who have thought of going on a long-term masquerade on a big scale will do well to study it. But to this reviewer, at any rate, it was just another proof of the dictum that direction of the imagination into desirable channels is the secret of a happy and virtuous life...
...proof that the worst students are the healthiest, statistics on provisional Sophomores and Freshmen are given, showing that 90 per cent of the provisional students rate B's or C's in posture as compared to the 75 per cent of those in good standing. Also, more of them smoke, but more wear glasses...
...Public Health Service saw no cause for panicky fears. In 1918 about 450,000 persons died of influenza. Last week 43 out of 78 principal cities reported the comparatively small death total of 379. Everywhere the disease was mild, not virulent. The mortality rate for influenza is low. Some specialists maintain that death never occurs unless there are complications. The Public Health Service urged sleep, food, exercise, avoidance of crowds...