Word: sizing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...against the size of the Army (118,750 men, 12,000 officers) but against its overhead was the President's complaint leveled. Army officers were ready with explanations: the U. S. soldier is better paid, better fed, better housed, better equipped than the soldier of any other nation. Surplus war supplies are running low, necessitating fresh purchases. Continuing programs for aviation and housing add to Army cost...
...also far more serious than the public had been led to believe. Parts of two ribs were cut away, to make a hole an inch and one-half in diameter (nearly the size of a golf ball) directly into the abscess, leaving the abscess completely exposed...
...Manhattan's Hippodrome was famed for monster, lustrous theatricals. Visitors swarmed to see such sights as Bandman Sousa, Skater Charlotte, Diver Annette Kellerman, Buffoon Nat Willis and whole menageries of animals in congress on one huge stage. Behind the scenes was Showman R. H. Burnside, purveyor of size rather than taste...
...Austin represents the first serious foreign attempt at competing with the U. S. motor car. Said Samuel H. Vallance: "We are not proceeding with the theory that there is anything faulty with the American small cars. . . but in size and economy of operation the Austin Seven is in a class by itself...
...York State banking law permits private bankers in smaller cities to accept smaller accounts without supervision, the amounts varying with the size of the city...