Word: rates
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Hibben is out of his element when he attempts to write a biography of Beecher. It has already been done so much better than he could ever hope to do it. He reminds one of a second-rate doctor who was called to prescribe for a sick child. His medicine was not beneficial and the child grew worse. Finally the family doctor, a first class physician, was called. He did not criticise the parents for calling the other. He simply said: "Dr. Jones knows something about the disease he thinks is afflicting little Freddie ; but he doesn't know...
...Harvard Observatory is now making a specialty of the study of the movement of the stars. The question which Observatory astronomers are seeking to settle is: Why do the stars move, and what natural law if any gives them a goal and a rate of speed...
...above the water, and since the bergs ride about seven-eights under water, the total weight of each is about 800,000 tons. Icebergs have a most mystifying habit of seeking cold pockets in the ocean. When a berg is traveling South at its serene and prescribed rate of half a knot an hour, it will suddenly change its course and will head direct for the only cold pocket within many miles. This is known to the experts as rhigotropism...
...equal, because of the difference in purchasing powers, price levels, commodities, etc. In illustration of this the U. S. note pointed out that 95% of imports from Brazil are admitted duty free, but that a large proportion of exports to Brazil have to pay a "very solid rate of duty." It is therefore held that Brazil, in extending most-favored-nation treatment, is not obliged to admit an equivalent amount of U. S. goods free because the U. S. admits without duty most Brazilian commodities. French Thesis. The French viewpoint is exactly the opposite. As the U. S. admits...
...special rate has been made for the student party. The round trip to Philadelphia will cost $14.98. Tickets may be procured at Brine...