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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...survey of the solar neighborhood, Dr. Shapley said that Dr. Luyten of the University of Minnesota, using Harvard plates, has completed a very extensive study of star motions. "He has found in the south Southern sky eightyfive thousand stars that show motion with respect to their neighbors, and among this vast number of moving objects are undoubtedly many that are the dwarf asosciates...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SHAPLEY TALKS ABOUT WORK OF OBSERVATORY | 2/10/1937 | See Source »

...hundred dollars would mean a great deal to many instructors and graduate students. Although the total amount is small, college authorities might be tempted to raise the bugbear of expense. "The Crimson," recognizing that the plan will present several difficulties and will necessitate the expenditure of several thousand dollars, is nevertheless convinced that the plan should be tried as an experiment for one or two years. It believes that any other course is short-sighted and that the educational and economic loss of the present system to the college is equaled only by the loss to the students. Today...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SOMETHING FOR NOTHING | 2/9/1937 | See Source »

...with which to run the U. S. rail system, railroad managements in the lean years had about $3,000.000,000. In 1932 not one steam-locomotive was bought, in 1933 just six passenger cars. Dividends virtually disappeared. Nearly 25% of all railroad bonds went into default. Seventy thousand miles of line, nearly one-third of the total, went into the hands of the courts and 600,000 railroad workers lost their jobs. The biggest single customer of heavy industry disappeared from the market and the Government had to pass out more than $700,000,000 in loans to keep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: All Aboard! | 2/8/1937 | See Source »

When Tsushima's terrible two days were over, the Russian fleet had been annihilated. Out of 38 ships, three somehow got through to Vladivostok; three more limped into Manila, were interned. Five thousand Russian seamen went down with their ships; 115 Japanese went with them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Epic of Defeat | 2/8/1937 | See Source »

...thousand animals, 500 fish, $1,000 birds, 2000 pies, 6000 jelly dishes, 6000 custards, and 400 barrels of ale and wine to top it all off that's a meal...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 16th Century Englishmen Like College Drunks Today ... Overindulged and Suffered for It Too | 2/5/1937 | See Source »

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