Word: slightness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...British taxpayer was concerned, there was only one encouraging word in the Budget, that was Beer. The income tax remained at its old basic tax rate of five shillings in the pound-25%, the highest income tax in the world, though Chancellor Chamberlain offered a slight sop by restoring the old method of collecting in equal half-yearly installments instead of demanding three-quarters of the tax in January, one-quarter in July. The beer tax was reduced a penny a pint and brewers announced that this reduction would be passed on to consumers immediately. Another dispensation was permission...
Commander Macneil studied at the University of Michigan, sidetracked into electronics, plopped in the Wartime U. S. Navy. He is a solemn, slight man turning 50, whose friends consider him commercially hapless because he has let others profit from his inventions. Friends therefore have put a ward over Commander & Mrs. Macneil. Their "managing secretary" is Mrs. Ruth Mitchell Knowles, sister of General William ("Billy") Mitchell...
...Adams stated that the only way to keep peace is by maintaining a reasonable army and navy. "There are now no immediate perils: Germany has practically no navy at all, and danger is very slight from Japan, who has, however, more modern equipment than the United States in the line of cruisers, submarines, and destroyers. This gives the United States a chance to build up her protection...
...cold in the head and a slight sore throat kept President Roosevelt indoors the beginning of last week. It was not bad enough for him to go to bed or call in a doctor but he did spend two days away from his. executive office and get a prescription refilled at the Naval Hospital. He continued to transact public business in the Oval Room on the second floor of the White House which with books, easy chairs and marine prints he has fixed up as a study. Thither one noon last week he summoned the Press, 100 correspondents strong...
This course, though listed as open to Freshmen, is really well worth the study of men in the two higher courses who realize the importance of a slight touch of the scientific knowledge, where time does not permit concentration in some science. In Physics D the lectures and demonstrations are of a high order, and while the underlying thought of the course is that men taking it are not primarily going on to advanced scientific work, the course is an entirely satisfying course, with Professor Crawford's stimulating lectures a pleasant guide to the sometimes involved paths of the subject...