Word: easier
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Jordan's Men. In the early days at Stanford, pioneering Dr. Jordan said: "The problem of life is not to make life easier but to make men stronger." One of his first students at Stanford in 1891 was lean, shy young "Bert" Hoover, just down from Oregon. Next year came 6-ft.-4-in., 17-year-old "Rex" Wilbur of Riverside, Calif.? The friendship begun at college between these two?like the friendship between Co-eds Lou Henry and Marguerite Blake whom they later married ?was to live long. Dr. Jordan was to be specially conscious of Bert...
...sheer cruelty which would be necessary to market the 1931 world wheat surplus now, the U. S. and Canadian Governments are trying by pool operations to support the world price of wheat, and with some success, though at great cost. This action, this holding back, has made it easier for nations which are not holding back to jump in and sell their wheat. They are selling cheap, but not so cheap as they would have to sell if the U. S. and Canada were not holding back. Picturesquely last week Sam McKelvie barked (for the special benefit of Isidore Lubimov...
...designed to take yardage away from long hitters and put a premium on accuracy in the wind. To mediocre players and duffers-who constitute the vast golfing public and really support the game- it was promised that the new ball would "sit up" better on the fairways, be easier to hit, easier to make "carries" with since it would fly more lightly. Also, the new ball was supposed to putt better...
...track meet, the spectators are sometimes likely to overlook the field events because it is easier to spot the athletes who are running races than the ones who are throwing the discus, javelin, hammer. Late in the afternoon, Michigan and Illinois were still ahead, nearly tied, with four events still undecided. Wisconsin, almost overlooked, had won the high jump and the two-mile run (establishing a new Conference record), placed second in the mile, the 440, and the shot-put. Kabat's discus throw, 150 ft. 10½ in., nowhere near the record but five feet better than Purma...
...Department of Commerce agents before they can be restored to service. That inspection-a lengthy procedure involving removal of the plywood covering of the wings-must hereafter be undertaken regularly by the operators. The ailerons of the wings must be equipped with a counterbalance to make their manipulation easier...