Word: rates
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...those who have had their thoughts on religion rudely unsettled by the melee, Mr. Hartt brings a great deal of assistance in this study of the life of the Nazarene. For a layman to judge of the accuracy of his conception were folly; but for the writer at any rate, it is the most convincing portrait of Christ that has come into his hands. And that because it seems to be more true than most. The author's method is clearly outlined in the first paragraph of his foreword: "Beginning and keeping on uninterruptedly to the very end, I have...
...Register is to continue to be published--and there is every need for it in the fall--the Student Council which is, after all, responsible for it, ought to insure, not only a first-rate, accurate, interesting Register, which it does, but the prompt publishing and distribution of the Register, in which it now woefully fails. This can be done by abandoning the fall competitions for the Register Board, and appointing an entire Register Board each spring which will be responsible to the Student Council...
Where there is a reasonable amount of smoke, there is probably some fire; but where there is a smoke-screen, the cause may be quite different. At any rate, the only sensible course is to investigate everything and arrive at the truth; if the facts then show that the Republicans are an iniquitous lot of tricksters and grafters--three cheers for the Democrats and may their tribe increase. But these offhand condemnations, supported by half-baked evidence and incomplete testimony show only too clearly the present state of our political parties, each of which is too weak to stand...
...light year is the distance a ray of light, travelling at the rate of 186,000 miles a second, can cover in one year...
...point, only to establish new production records and go ahead again. The reaction of the public to the recent National Automobile Show in New York was such that automobile makers are now quite cheerful, and are talking of hanging up new production records in 1924 with a 25% greater rate of production than last year. One thing is, however, certain-the period ahead will be one of intense sales competition. Practically all leading makers are giving scrupulous attention to small refinements and popular mechanical features in their new ears, as well as such innovations as four-wheel brakes and balloon...