Word: complement
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...difficulty in the idea. It puts a premium upon speed. A good man will be anxious to prove his worth by graduating as rapidly as possible. It is impossible to absorb a large amount of reading in a short space of time, and reading is a necessary complement to a thorough study of many subjects. It would be very difficult, for example, to graduate from Harvard in one year in the field of History. One of the greatest advantages of the four year system is the time it allows for careful, digestive reading. But this objection merely presents an obstacle...
...baseball. A slow motion picture would show the batting weakness of a rival college, or it would prove the exact trajectory of a star pitcher's out drop. But it wouldn't add to the enjoyment of either the watchers or the watched. Drudgery is not necessarily the complement of a winning team, but scouting is one of the things that mars football as a sporting event...
...brand new fighting contingent of 83,000 tons. What this weight in war boats means may be roughly gauged from the fact that the U. S. large-cruiser fleet today amounts to 80,000 tons, of which only 20,000 tons are in commission. Of course the U. S. complement of other war boats makes the U. S, Navy superior to the Italian, though as yet by no means equal to the British...
...this way the press has also aided college sports--from a financial standpoint, at least. Publicity fills the stadiums, then stories of the game sell the papers. Newspapers are of passing interest, and so is athletic news. They complement each other: why not let them go, hand in hand...
...policy is to take a plant and make it grow." Then, in a torrent of emotion, Orator Schwab told of his long friendship with Mr. Campbell, ended up with a plea: ''Jim Campbell, right or wrong, follow him." To Chairman Schwab, President Grace is the perfect complement. Cool, logical, incisive. Mr. Grace quoted figures to show Bethlehem spends money on its plants, increases its payrolls. ''The strength of Bethlehem."' he said, "lies in the strength of local institutions. We create local institutions. We do not centralize. We are going to cooperate for bigger and better...