Word: lesser
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...Leygues (Interior) ; Louis Barthou (War); Paul Painleve (Air); Camille Chautemps (Education). That the great M. Painleve, thrice Prime Minister and often War Minister, should have consented to take the Ministry of Air seemed most significant, for previously the air portfolio has been a trifle infra dig, the prize of lesser statesmen like M. Laurent Eynac...
...other introductory courses have long been a storm center. The reason for dissatisfaction is not with the men giving the lectures or with the courses themselves. It goes deeper, to the fact that the burden of teaching philosophy to students who are required to take it as the lesser of two evils is too heavy for the present courses. The Advocate contributor has not said the last word on the subject, but he at least points out that there is a problem, in the Philosophy requirement debate that goes beyond an undergraduate "gripe...
...other newspapers in Rio de Janeiro to share, in lesser degree, the fate of A Noite were Critic, A Ordem, Vanguarda, Gazeta de Noticias, 0 Paiz and A Noticia. Some of them thought to remove their newsprint to comparative safety in the street. But there the rolls were set upon, unwound by urchins...
...chocolate-brown Julian the olive-skinned Emperor's command seemed unreasonable, sinister. How could he stunt successfully a ship he had never flown before? He decided that the lesser risk was to brave imperial wrath, go up for at least one practice flight...
Technical literature on mechanical vibration is very extensive in Germany and to a lesser extent in England, but American Engineers have been interested in vibration problems only for a little over 10 years. Problems in this field are not limited to the design of machines but are met with in the vibrations of high buildings and other large structures