Word: smaller
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...just the opposite. When helium and nitrogen collide and explode, forming oxygen and hydrogen, energy appears to be stored rather than given off. From this have arisen arguments which support the theory of Prof. Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin-that the earth has been built up by the aggregation of smaller bodies such as meteorites or planetesimals, in which energy has been stored...
Senator Stephens replied: "A good position has often been lost for a smaller offense than protesting the action of a superior." He reported an instance he had heard about Negroes who had been assigned to desks among white men and women. The Negroes, he said, were "all grins, and congratulated . . . on the recognition that had been given them." He further charged that white and Negro women were obliged to use the same washroom. Senator Stephens said his protest was "in the interest of decency and the welfare of Government. Whenever there has been a step toward social equality between...
There is much to be said for this method of carrying on the affairs of state. While Republicans worry over oil bonds and Democrats try to acquire an issue worth supporting, the leaders of their smaller rivals can have all the fun and none of the troubles. Campaign funds are too small to cause any fear of scandal, speeches can be made just as effectively no matter who the listeners, and there is always the hope that one of them may be a modern David and down the Goliaths...
...week, following the President's message of renunciation to Wyoming (TIME, April 2), the three biggest bones of contention between the Administration and Congress-Tax Reduction, Muscle Shoals, Farm Relief-appeared more contentious than ever and the prospect of three vetoes increased. Also, the House passed a far smaller Navy bill than the Administration had asked. Also, the Senate passed a Flood Control measure in which local contributions, as urged by the President, were only "recognized in principle," not levied in fact...
This enlarged meeting of the International Missionary Council is the successor of the Continuation Committee of the World Missionary Conference held in Edinburgh in 1910. The number of delegates who will attend it is far smaller, but, while the Edinburgh Conference was almost entirely peopled by Americans and Europeans, the Jerusalem Conference includes natives from India, Siam, Ceylon, Japan and other remote districts. The U. S. delegates include famed Dr. Robert Russa Moton, head of Tuskegee Institute, who will talk about Negroes...