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...does Dr. Talmey set up Gloro as a rival to such synthetic or simplified languages as Esperanto, Volapuk, Ido, Novial, Occidental, Interlingua, Idiom Neural, Perfecto, Anglic (phonetic English), Basic (English with a restricted vocabulary...
...universal' languages is that the juices of life are simply not in them. They are the creations of scholars drowning in murky oceans of dead prefixes and suffixes, and so they fail to meet the needs of a highly human world." Freestyle Philologist Mencken feels that Basic, "for all its deficiencies," is better than any artificial tongue because it is derived from a living...
...last year. TWA will now raise its rates to that level. In addition, the three lines agreed to set up the first rate structure in air transport history with three distinct classes of travel corresponding to railroad sleepers, chair-cars and day-coaches. As of May 1, the basic transcontinental fare will be $149.95.* This will buy a seat in a standard DC2 or DC-3. An extra fare of $4 will buy a swivel chair in a deluxe DC-3, while $8 will buy a berth. For shorter flights the extra fares will be less. Holders of scrip tickets...
...skyrocketing rubber prices from knobbling the British armament race without jeopardizing anticipated profits in rubber, which will help Great Britain's balance of international payments. Result I was that the committee cautiously sanctioned an increase in production for the third quarter of 1937 from 85% to 90% of basic quotas favorable to British producers set in June 1934. Also established for the fourth quarter was a 90% quota. Even then it was doubtful whether producers can fill quotas estimated at 1,050,000 tons for 1937 because of lack of shipping facilities and labor shortages in the caoutchouc kingdoms...
...members of the commission finally signed the report, including Robin Hood, secretary-treasurer of the National Co-Operative Council. In contrast to most of his fellow members, Robin Hood was bearish on the future of U. S. coops, pointing out that European co-ops flourished because they satisfied basic economic needs. Concluded he: "It may thus be seen that the chief factors accounting for the remarkable development of consumer co-operation in Europe are: 1) exceedingly inefficient retail distribution ... 2) class loyalty to their own institutions given by repressed industrial workers, who in Europe are not as migratory and mobile...