Word: rates
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...rate a halt is necessary--a halt during which it will be possible to determine whether a further advance is merely a problem of increased physical equipment, or whether there is something more subtle which limits Harvard's effectiveness to a certain size, or whether, finally, there is some entirely new factor which will solve the clouded situation...
...prospects for the immediate future, the Blue Hill observatory at Milton predicted that ice would form, in a few days, along the river banks, but that in all probability there would be no solid freeze. A sudden drop in temperature at any time, however, would accomplish this. At any rate, the two remaining floats and the motor boat are to be taken in and the crew work brought to a close by the end of this week...
...repeal the rate and consolidation sections of the transportation...
...French Academy decided to disburse some 3,000,000 francs ($200,000) from the foundation of 25,000,000 francs left by M. Cognacq, a wealthy department store owner of Paris, to recompense deserving families of large size and so encourage an increased birth rate. Eighty-eight fathers whose families number from 10 to 13 children are to receive premiums of 25,000 francs. Of these 56 are farmers or farm workers, four mechanics, four carpenters, two professors, 22 manual workers. Twelve hundred fathers, whose offspring ranges from six to nine children, are to receive 10,000 francs apiece...
Little change in the fundamentals of business conditions has been ob- served; students of the business cycle and others are, however, predicting a drop in the Federal Reserve rate at an early date, and a consequent rise in bonds, especially those of the railroads...