Word: worldly
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Elder opened the debate. We are to discuss, he said, the transportation problem of the second largest city of the world. The question is of vast importance not only because of the great size of New York City, but because of its peculiar physical character, which makes transportation a daily necessity for the majority of its population. In view of the importance of transportation, the service should be adequate, convenient, and modern. When we examine the existing conditions, however, we find that the service is very unsatisfactory...
...that the question under discussion was essentially a local one, and that it must be settled in the light of the actual situation in New York City. The speaker called attention to the fact that the proposition of the affirmative was without precedent in the whole history of the world, in view of the fact that no city ever thought of buying up an entire transportation system, to the owners of which it had granted perpetual franchises. Glasgow took over her lines when the franchises expired. In Chicago most of the franchises have expired and the rest will expire very...
...that under municipal ownership there would be a complete change in human nature and an absolute revolution in the manner of conducting the city's affairs. If such a change is possible it ought to come before municipal ownership is adopted and the most valuable transportation system in the world has been turned over to the spoilsman and the grafter...
...yards, will doubtless be the main American reliance in the hurdles. In the field events the Americans should do well with Prinstein in the broad-jump event, and Connoly in the hop, step and jump. Of the swimmers, Daniels of the New York Athletic Club has established four new world's records within a month, and appears to be in a class by himself. Bornaman has a national reputation in diving, which is also an Olympic event...
...exchange of commodities and the payment of labor services. Commerce is carried on by credit and the means it has devised, such as checks, drafts and bills of exchange, while it is the banker who renders credit most effective. It is certain that 80 per cent, of the world's business is transacted by credit, while cash is used only for small payments, such as the adjustment of balances and the payment of wages. The larger possibilities of the system are trammelled by the law that compels the banker who wants to extend his credit in the form of notes...