Word: methodical
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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West Virginia's Conley, initiator of the subject, praised the gross sales tax for its flexibility. He said: "The method of its application can make it take on the color and character of an income tax, of a depletion tax, of a consumption tax, of a production tax." He decried the net income tax as "penalizing efficient management...
...time between is filled with his usual rounds: n visits, a mastoid operation. Wherever he goes he sees people he knows as none of their fellow-townspeople can know them, for 40 years he has heard their troubles, patched them up, prescribed for them. Authoress Ashton's method is ingenious, effective; though most of the "action" is reminiscence, seen through the doctor's thoughts, it covers a long time, many people...
...systems are the Gregg and the Pitman (originated in 1837) and its adaptations. The Pitman has more symbols-an alphabet of 42 figures, numerous word signs-but fewer stenographers use it than the Gregg. Fundamentally all shorthand systems employ the use of phonetic spelling and abbreviation. But the Pitman method requires the use of lined stationery (identical symbols above and below a line have different connotations and characters of different shading (identical symbols written darker or lighter have different connotations...
...Whatever negotiations the Japanese delegates had with the United States were immediately reported to the British delegation, and the American delegates often had the British state the American demands. This method of negotiation placed Japan in anything but an advantageous position...
...accomplishments of Academician Claude to date include invention of neon lights to illuminate advertising boards and air fields; a process for capturing gases from coke ovens which are converted into hydrogen, nitrogen compounds, innumerable drugs; a method for liquefying air which is used by the $25,000,000 Air Reduction Company; a method of dissolving acetylene in acetone, a process which yields $20,000,000 in annual sales...