Word: lessening
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...assured him that France would not lay down her arms before the day of victory. . . . He looked at me silently, unwilling to lessen my hopes, held my hands in his for a time and then went away...
...known officially as H. R. No. 632, known unofficially as the White Act. Of its many sections, the 17th was destined to cause the most trouble. For it provided that U. S. radio companies and U. S. cable (telegraph, telephone) companies should never unite, if their union might "substantially lessen competition ... or restrain commerce . . . or unlawfully create a monopoly...
Competition. So complete, so thoughtfully lucid is the White Act, that its meaning could not be twisted to meet the desires of the most ingenious mergophile. If the union of I.T.&T. with R.C.A. Communications will "substantially lessen competition," the Lamont-Young deal will be held a violation of the law, will doubtless be haled before the courts. As Negotiators Lamont and Young are famed not only as financiers, but also as highly ethical businessmen and citizens, they could scarcely plan to flout the law. The only possible alternative, therefore, is the proposition that radio and telegraph...
...Government 1, and Fine Arts 1c and 1d, never have been laden with an excess of the books demanded for collateral reading for each test. Since the directors of these courses consider the schoolboy system of weekly or fortnightly tests to be a necessary part of them, they might lessen the burden by more efficient administration of the library. It is inconvenient enough to be obliged to wait for books during the hours that the library is open, without being hampered by the further stringent regulations in force at Fogg. There one finds the use of books outside the Reading...
...announced: "The U. S. branch of the Salvation Army is not satisfied with the governmental reforms promised by the new General. Absolute control over territorial commands now exercised by international headquarters in London is cause of the greatest resentment on the part of Americans. The American branch wants to lessen that control and decentralize the Government...