Word: ratios
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...every state: New York, $221,000,000; Pennsylvania, $156,000,000; Illinois, $141,000,000; Missouri, $61,000,000; Georgia, $32,000,000; Maine, $12,000,000; Nevada, $1,771,846. According to the Legion, businessmen in New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Missouri, Georgia, Maine, Nevada would profit in direct ratio to the spendings of Legionaries in their States. The mathematical argument for the Bonus is less simple. In 1924 Congress figured that veterans were entitled to $1 a day extra for service in the U. S., $1.25 overseas. Then Congress pretended that the whole sum had been set aside...
...Type Speedster. With stainless steel exhaust pipes raking the hood and attractive racing car lines this car is certified to go more than a hundred miles an hour. The regular models are similar to last year, with improvements in riding comfort and a quieter motor. All models have Dual-Ratio control...
...independent front-wheel springing, was abandoned by some makers, improved by others and in a few cases developed for the first time. A number attacked the riding problem from the point of view of weight distribution by moving the motor forward. Free-wheeling is on the decline, and dual-ratio axles or over-drives permitting slower motor speeds at high road speeds are on the rise. More powerful brakes require less foot pressure. Crankcases are ventilated, generators larger to carry the load of radios and heaters. Prices are generally unchanged but several manufacturers have added lower-priced lines...
Doctor Rexford Guy Tugwell proved that his capacity for winning approval for the New Deal was in inverse ratio to his capacity for getting public attention. He was promoted to Under Secretary of Agriculture and then muzzled...
Since then the rate has again been rising. In 1933 nine officers and 48 men killed themselves, Surgeon General Robert Urie Patterson reported last week. Small though their ratio was to the 136,491 men in the Army, these self-inflicted deaths lifted the suicide rate more than half way to the high mark which apparently presages...