Word: regard
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...friends regard him as Moist, if not Wet. To jack up the saggine morale of the Navy will be a man-sized job for him, which he will doubtless undertake with his usual quiet determination. He may be a yes-man to the White House occupant but to the admirals who flock around every Navy chief with selfish advice and suggestions he will most likely listen patiently and then, a seadog himself, bark...
...regard to the determination of stress and the development of more resistant metals, Mr. Stone said that whereas in 1910 the greatest stress which could be allowed in a generator was 10,000 pounds per square inch, at present it is 20,000 pounds per square inch. "This improvement," he said, is due to the work of metallurgists and to the photoelastic determination of stress. This latter method, which is very complex, involves the rotation by mechanical stress, of a light beam in a plane of polarization. The effect is similar to that of double refraction. Straining the medium between...
Opposition. How do the rival Empires regard this proposed enlargement of the B. & O.? It is quite acceptable to the Chesapeake & Ohio, which has apparently concluded an alliance with the B. & O. and is even willing to concede the B. & O. one of the railroads (Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh) which the Van Sweringens own. The position of the New York Central is doubtful, since the New York Central also has a 25% interest in the Reading and may not be willing to turn over its holdings...
...Directors, it was announced that an award will be made by the Club, for which the licensed pilots may compete. The award will consist of a handsome trophy and two hours of free flying in the club's plane. Efficiency as a field manager of the airport, a general regard for safety, and the number of hours in the air, are the elements on which the competitors will be judged...
...territory which he will cover has never previously been examined in regard to its marine life and Professor Clark hopes to obtain important information throwing light on obscure phases of the history of Australia. The knowledge obtained on this trip he intends to incorporate with the results of his previous expedition into a unified work on Australian marine life. He expects to bring back many important additions to the University Museum...