Word: basically
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Recent reports from Sloane laboratory at Yale reveal that over 20 scientists there are testing the strength of the atom injecting foreign particles into the atom and bending the atom out of shape. Since this invisible unit of matter is the basic substance of which everything is composed, the physicists are really engaged in a study of fundamentals. When the exact nature of the atom is finally ascertained, the results will be of the utmost importance in every field of science...
...basic reason for the undeniable antipathy toward the Jew is the division of his loyalty between the society in which he lives and that indefinable Jewish group consiousness mentioned above. This places him apart to a certain extent from the position and duties in society of the non-Jew. One often hears the remarks at Harvard that the average Jew contributes nothing to the life of the University. He only takes. In a narrow and superficial sense this is true, and it might be applied to the average Jew and the world. But the Jew has made great contributions...
...most people know that minding your own business is one of the basic elements of courtesy. Asia, most people know that such attacks as Harvard students have made on their rivals are slightly tinged with green: that is, that they spring from envy, and hence indicate not superiority but acute consciousness of inferiority. In other words, they make Harvard look cheap, not Yale or Princeton. And on Saturday Harvard looked very cheap indeed. New York World...
...country affords as general or as thorough facilities for learning languages as does the United States, and perhaps no investment is as valuable in bringing quick returns as knowledge of other languages especially German and Spanish. Yet we are neglecting a basic asset in the commercial world by assuming that our customers ought to come to us and speak our language. --Liberty...
...basic business principle is: "The most service for a definite cost." The hotels he builds (it is impossible for him to operate old, unspecialized structures) are for guests expecting to pay from $3 to $5 for a room (few rooms are more expensive). For this fee he gives certain quarters (always with bath) and services. He knows that his rooms will always be 80% to 85% occupied, 60% being the average for most other hotels. (He insists on keeping some free for renovating.) The number of rooms must be large. Finally the land on which his hotels stand must...