Word: slightly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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TIME limited itself to discussion of the six most conspicuous Humpty Dumpties of the season, intended no slight to other undefeated teams, which at that time included: Centenary, Duke, Louisiana State, Minnesota. St. Thomas, Nebraska, Oregon State. Oregon, Davis-Elkins, Duquesne, Mississippi, Ursinus. For reports of Nebraska, able champion of the Big Six Conference, see TIME. Nov. 20 and p. 33 this issue. Last week's score: Pittsburgh 6. Nebraska...
There is no limit to the quantity of bonds which the government can float, simply by virtue of the control which it can exercise over the Federal Reserve System through the enactment of some simple legislation. If it became necessary, for example, a slight change in the existing laws relating to the Federal Reserve System would make possible the direct sale of large quantities of government bonds to the Federal Reserve banks against the creation of deposits in the account of the government...
Dropped Freshmen showed a slight improvement, from 32.2 last year to 31.4 and provisionally classified (transfer) students from 23.1 to 20.8. The percentage of unsatisfactory records for all classes increased from...
...purchase. If all the newly mined gold were acquired by the American government, it would not amount to an average of $5,000.000 a week. The governments or central banks of the world hold virtually all the gold, and they will not part with it, even though a slight premium may be paid. Nor does the United States want to force the importation of gold held by France or Britain. We have more gold now than we need as a basis for currency issues...
...admit that only the necessity for returning a grade at April causes them to sanction this rude interruption of their programs. The liberal attitude of University Hall toward the matter is demonstrated by the decision last year to exempt Senior honors candidates at the discretion of course leaders. A slight push by the Student Council might well send the April hours into oblivion, and administer a suitable coup de grace to a bit of red tape outgrown with the introduction of the concentration plan...