Word: system
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...extra money lecturing on what he calls "metaphysics." One night in 1933, he now recalls, he woke up with an idea for an economic cureall, forthwith explained it to his wife and two daughters. They did not understand it. Minor Pierce Long nevertheless went ahead with his Ray System Corporation, Inc. As has many another fiscal dreamer, he proposed to issue patented, pink & blue Raychecks in denominations of 50? to $10, have merchants redeem them in goods or U. S. currency at face value. Redemption funds would come from consumers, who would have to buy stamps and paste them...
Even under the American system of scoring points by counting seconds and thirds, the Oxford-Cambridge combination would have won handily. The British had a 7 to 5 edge in seconds over the Harvard-Yale track forces...
...dummy scrimmage which followed the contact work occupied the greater part of the afternoon session. Since the Harlow system is largely dependent on a smooth and fast functioning attack, emphasis was laid on snap and deception...
Smith, Vassar, and more recently, creative Bennington draw their quota of Yardlings who venture outside the area of the Boston Elevated Railroad system...
...Still a war of nerves . . . therefore a proper precaution to fortify the nervous system with Sanatogen Nerve Tonic Food...