Word: trial
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...hitch. The hitch was that both companies are fragments of the old "Standard Oil Trust," and strong will be the belief that what the Supreme Court has rent asunder no man may dare put together. To argue against this, the companies will maintain, when the government brings a trial injunction, that after the dissolution the Standard Oil companies were to pursue whatever lawful courses they chose, and that this course is distinctly lawful, for Vacuum and Standard of New York are noncompetitive. In the U. S., Vacuum concentrates on lubricating oil (Gargoyle, Mobil oil), Standard of New York on gasoline...
...failure lies in how well this end is attained. Regarding the contemplated organization purely as an educational project, the Campus will welcome it as another instance of the interest in such ventures which has marked the University at other times. As it is developed here and elsewhere by the trial and error method, the "inner college" idea, which underlies the organization of the new School, may conceivably grow to rank with the preceptorial system and the four-course plan as an innovation of major importance in college education. The Campus appreciates the generosity of those friends of the University...
...March 10-Trial of Edward L. Doheny; at Washington...
Dartmouth, on the other hand, is a pretty much known quantity, since Harry Hillman has allowed his time trial results for all meets to be published. These show that certain men such as Donner, a broad jumper who took a third last year and is expected to break the existing meet record of 23 feet, 1 inch, and Alcorn, in the hurdles, are certain choices for taking their events. Moody, a former star high jumper has returned to Dartmouth this season after being out of college for several years, and his efforts to return to his old time form will...
...Northrup, one-time Lockheed Vega engineer and W. K. Jay, pilot. Their queer bird is all wing-with a 60-h. p. motor and pusher propeller, retractable three-wheel landing gear, a skinny polelike arrangement for flippers and rudders, seats within the wing itself. Indicated performance characteristics of this trial plane are: low landing speed, high speed of over 100 m. p. h., large gliding angle, and little probability of spinning...