Word: risen
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Father of the quadruplets, a German-born carpenter who two weeks ago had obtained a $20-a-week railroad shop job after 18 months' unemployment, was far from pleased to learn that the number of his offspring had risen from two to six overnight. Sourly he observed: "That's big news." Then he went back to work, angry because he was an hour late...
Since 1921, when the rules for Honors were practically the same as they are today, the number of men receiving Honors has risen sharply from 23 per cent to 42 per cent of the class last year. During this period the total number of degrees conferred was about 600. Approximately 7 per cent of the Honors men received summas during this period; the record was set in 1930, when 21 men won highest honors...
Meanwhile the cost of shelter, lagging behind changes in the general commodity price level, has risen only about...
...never satisfied. People complain to me about the current costs of rebuilding America, about the burden on future generations. I tell them that whereas the deficit of the Federal Government this year is about three billion dollars, the national income of the people of the United States has risen from thirty-five billions in the year 1932 to sixty-five billions in the year 1936, and I tell them further that the only burden we need to fear is the burden our children would have to bear if we failed to take these measures today. . . . "Other individuals are never satisfied...
Last year there were 819 applicants and this spring 824 applied. However, due to the higher price which many students were willing to pay this year, the number of assignments has risen from 550 to 640, thus reducing, the number of rooms unfilled in the Houses from 66 to 33. There are also 24 Freshmen who preferred not to apply but will live outside. Last year all Freshmen except those commuting applied for rooms in the House units...