Word: sizing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...dance will not be so elaborate as the football dances in either decorations or size, but the Union officials have been lavish in planning to make the affair an excellent close to the many successful functions which have been run off this term. The Living Room will been decorated with appropriate Christmas colors...
...build the various activities of the Federation. Such structural work, begun last year, was developed further at the Congress. More important, it was decentralized to a certain extent by the basis laid for regional work last week-end. Top heavy, centralized organization in a geographical unit of the size of the United States would lay the Federation open immediately to all sorts of objections which are too obvious to be detailed. This snare, again, the N. S. T. A. has avoided...
...months ago (TIME, Aug. 30) the U. S. Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce published a survey that showed the U. S. leading the world in commercial aviation with some 5,500,000 miles flown, some 200,000 passengers in the past year. The figures were misleading because: 1) The geographical size of the U. S. swelled the mileage total over figures for European countries; 2) The U. S. passengers were not carried over regularly scheduled lines from point to point, but included trippers and excursionists going up for trial spins at amusement parks. Last week figures on European aviation were published...
...yesterday in regard to the constant decrease in the birth-rate of college graduates. "There are several immediate causes responsible for the decline in the number of offspring among the educated class of American people. Primarily, of course, the postponement of marriage necessitated by a college education reduces the size of families. Secondly, fewer marriages and higher standards of living affect the increase of American racial stock. However, the decrease is more a social than a racial phenomenon. With the increase of Intellectual development, higher standards of selection and frequently the desire for single existence rather than married life result...
...Euclid Village, on the outskirts of Cleveland, Ohio, adopted a zoning ordinance to regulate the location of industrial buildings, stores, apartments, double and single houses, the size of lots, the height of buildings. A realty company brought suit, seeking to have the ordinance declared void. It finally reached the U. S. Supreme Court, which last week handed down a decision upholding the validity of zoning regulations. Justices Butler, McReynolds and Van Devanter dissented. Forthwith, many villages and cities began to look at their skylines and contemplate more stringent regulations...