Word: diminish
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...pushed by the voltage, make the best individual progress they can through the maze of atoms, and they are impeded by the atomic dance. If the conductor is progressively chilled, the resistance to the current should fall off as the atomic dance slows down. In theory, the resistance should diminish in a smooth curve until it vanishes entirely at Absolute Zero, where the electrons would encounter no more opposition than would an army marching through the serried ranks of an enemy frozen stockstill. In practice, the resistance does fall in a smooth curve down to one or two degrees above...
...During 1935-36, 34.2 per cent of the degrees granted were awarded with honors, while in 1934-35 the proportion was 37.2 per cent. During the last five years there has been a gradual tendency for the number of men who have taken honors in general studies to diminish, as shown by the fact that in 1931 there were 50 men, or 6.5 per cent, who received this form of honors. The decline is perhaps due to the fact that the cum laude in general studies is not as highly prized as it formerly was in view of the increased...
...intercollegiate fistcuffers. When the sport was added to the schedule in 1930, after much debate internal on the part of the A.A. Hierarchy, it was given a distinct, if tacit, probationary ranking. Since its inception the course which the sport has followed has tended to increase rather than diminish, the fears of the doubting Thomases. Rivals like M.I.T. and the Coast Guard failed to provide the kind of opposition the team needed, and with Virginia the only opponent worth its salt, the inadequacy of the rest of the schedule more than justifies throwing the whole intercollegiate show overboard. And although...
...Chicago, at their annual winter meeting, Big Ten officials heard a proposal, submitted by a young Wisconsin history professor named Robert L. Reynolds, to diminish undercover professionalism by awarding able footballers "athletic scholarships" of $400 a year. The proposal was rejected by a vote...
...Keynoted to depressed South Wales, "Although I no longer have the title of your Prince, which I had for 25 years, my interest in the principality will never diminish...