Word: weaker
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Three panics (1873, 1893, 1907) and two depressions (1920-22, 1929-?) taught Professor Edwin Grant Conklin the wisdom which he imparted to the people of Montreal last week. Hard times & unemployment toughen the human race, said he. "Some of the weaker, according to the law of Nature, will naturally die under the stress of the times. Others will not propagate their kind. The strong and hardy will survive and reproduce. Thus the human race will be strengthened...
...cardinal." This phrase has a parallel application in American politics. It is well-known that the candidate for the presidential nomination who receives too large a lead is likely to excite jealousy. The result frequently is a coalition to stop him even at the cost of nominating a weaker candidate, true particularly in the Democratic party. And in the past it has often kept it from victory. The deadlock caused by the Smith forces in the determination to stop McAdoo in 1924 eventually lead to the choice of a little known figure, and disastrous defeat...
...York City last week Clearing House bankers met, agreed that they, too. would all abide by the easier regulations. Stronger banks might have waived leniency, flaunted their good position in the face of weaker ones which sorely needed easy rules of appraisal for their year-end statements. But once again New York banking kept its solid front...
Completely outplaying their weaker opponents, the University malletmen routed Norwich yesterday in a practice game at, the Commonwealth Armory, 22 to 5 1-2. The Norwich players were practically out of the picture as the Crimson trio scored almost at will, the visitors getting five of their five and a half points by virtue of a handicap...
...Paris the Mahatma told an audience of 2,000, chiefly women, that "if only women could forget that they belong to the weaker sex, they could do more than men to prevent wars...