Word: methodical
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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...Arena will be of the most modern construction and the building will be adaptable to many uses. The method of making the ice used in the Philadelphia rink will probably be adopted. By this system the pipes containing the freezing mixture are laid just beneath the surface of the floor, which is built of concrete of a new composition and is an easy conductor. Thus steam can be run through the pipes and the ice melted and floor cleaned in a short space of time to accommodate a track meet. It is probable that the building will be used next...
...From present indications a comprehensive budget bill will be passed at this session. This, I am hopeful, will bring about such a change in the government's method of doing business as to encourage economy without injuring efficiency...
...method used in forecasting business conditions is one which has been developed after much study, great care having been taken that it should be one which would not be affected by temporary fluctuations in the financial world. The method used is based upon statistical analysis supplemented by economic analysis. The statistical analysis requires the correction of the actual statistics so that the corrected figures will show the true ebb and flow of business prosperity and depression, while the economic analysis consists of a careful examination of the underlying economic structure of the past and present...
...method of exaggerating the importance of small minorities this system is quite ideal. The newspapers announce that somebody or other has "swept" a given State, but, when we get the facts, it is found that the "sweeping" consisted in polling somewhere between four and twenty percent of the party vote. It is probable that in all the recent primaries so widely advertised throughout the land there were not so many votes cast for all the contestants as will be cast for President alone in the City of New York next November...
...oars and other equipment will be sent down to New London Monday night, while the launches will be driven down Sunday. This is an innovation, as in former years the coaching boats have been shipped by freight, but as it is easier to take them down by water this method has been adopted. According to these plans all will be in readiness for the crews when they arrive Tuesday...