Word: seriousness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Chief Justice William Howard Taft of the U. S. Supreme Court, has served almost eight months of a two-year term as prosecuting attorney of Hamilton County, Ohio. Last week, reporting to the Ohio Attorney General, he said: "The difficulty of investigation is perhaps the most serious in our entire system of criminal justice. There are not enough police properly to patrol the county and there are very few communities in the country where the training of police forces is adequate. . . . There are many cases ... in which the witnesses refuse to tell what they know, very often from a fear...
...serious-minded veterinarians, skeptical, demand further, exhaustive tests...
...though the U. S. population increased 8,500,000 in the same period; 31,000,000 acres of land went out of agricultural use in 1920-25; and at the present rate of agricultural shrinkage the time will soon come when poor crops will mean a serious food shortage...
When the English governess of little Michael ran to wake him with news of the king's death and first addressed her charge as "your Majesty,"this large, serious eyes betrayed a vague puzzlement. Three days later he was still digesting his new title...
...East Indies report: "There is no doubt that the method will greatly increase output as well as cheapen it. ... I am not working to cheapen rubber. ... I believe enough rubber can be grown in the U. S. to. pull us through [in case of war]. The price is not serious in such a case...