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...said that two-thirds of the Government fleet could be put into commission at a maximum cost of $5 a ton, deadweight, and at least half of it ultimately sold to foreign buyers at $10 a ton less than they can now build similar vessels...
...Woman's Party is an organization which, unlike the National League of Women Voters, believes in separate political action by women outside of "men's" political parties. It is also opposed to special legislation to protect women in industry because it holds that fixing minimum wages and maximum hours for women workers places them at a disadvantage in competing with men workers. In other words, it advocates blanket equality for women...
...fifty billion mark offer as a basis of settlement, or whether France will ask for the cessation of passive resistance before any offer can be considered. As a small offer would be unacceptable to the French and Belgians, and the Germans know this, the larger amount, representing the maximum sum Germany will be able to pay, is sure to be brought forward sooner or later. The Germans would simply use the small offer, not as a ballon d'essai, but as a means of inaugurating direct negotiations...
...meeting and that many students have already indicated their intention to attend the gathering. Under the leadership of W. E. Crosby Jr. '24, the chairman, the committee will continue its work intensively during the rest of the month and try to obtain for the Crimson delegation 100 men, the maximum membership which the University representation will be permitted to reach. All men in the University are eligible to attend the conference, whether or not they have been approached by the committee, and any student interested may obtain detailed information about the gathering, at Phillips Brooks House or from a member...
...heat radiated by that body, and that from one day to the next the differential may be as much as two or three percent of the total. It has also been observed, however, that the oscillations occur in a fairly regular manner, and that the phenomena of maximum or minimum heat recur in periods of about 11 years. This length of time is intimately connected with the number of 'sun spots', the radiation varying directly with the amount of solar disturbance indicated by the gaseous eruptions, or spots...