Word: rutted
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...into politics. Nearly every organ of opinion has tended to emphasize these more repugnant facts without pointing out that any future betterment must depend entirely on the energies of honest, capable men. Those, therefore who are eminently fitted through training, ability, and character to elevate politics from their rut are discouraged at every turn. There is little honor due the person who cries over spilt milk while holding in his own hands the only effective...
Other commodities to share in the jubilation included rubber, coffee, cocoa, wool tops, hides. Sugar failed to advance, however, and hogs continued in a rut. Mid-Continent oil prices rose 15^ a barrel to 85^; in many sections of the country gasoline was upped...
...education is less definite and more subject to change than other professions. Research in the field is continually bringing to light improved methods. A good teacher cannot afford to allow himself to get into a rut, but must keep abreast of the times. This is best done by taking courses in a university where the professors in the department have been able through careful research to obtain a knowledge of the best methods...
...often does, William Bushnell Stout, famed builder of Ford metal transports, flew last week at Dearborn, Mich., with his daughter Wilma, 19, in his own Fleet biplane. The glare of sun on snow blinded him as he glided to a landing on Ford Airport. The rolling plane struck a rut, nosed over, administered severe headcuts to Father & Daughter Stout...
...Mouse Unit" Potency. The potency of female sex hormone substances is measured in "mouse units" or "rat units." One "rat unit" equals four "mouse units." One gram of comparatively crude hormone-containing substance is sufficient, if injected with properly minute doses, to make 30,000 spayed mice rut again. The crystals will stimulate 8,000,000 mice or 2,000,000 rats...