Word: rateness
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...which sells for $2.25 contains 25 coupons a discount of ten percent from the former cost of using the squash courts for a period of one half hour. These books are sold only to members of the University and unused coupons may be redeemed by the owner at the rate of nine cents per coupon if presented at the H. A. A. office before June...
Ford. One of the most upsetting factors in the 1929 automobile situation was the comeback of Henry Ford, begun late in 1928. For the year his output reached two million. In the last few months of 1929 Ford was running at a rate high enough to account for 40% of all U. S. production...
...were details of the Ford program for 1930. Cynics who had said that his wage-raise (TIME, Dec. 2) was meaningless because of the number of men laid off were less sure when they learned that the payroll, reduced during retooling for the new model, was increased at the rate of 600 to 700 men a day as soon as production began again. Then last week the Ford Co. announced that its 1930 expenditures will exceed $30,000,000 making it obvious that the Ford product during this year will be more than ever a serious problem to its competitors...
...Department of Agriculture becomes increasingly alarmed at the high mortality rate of wild fowl (TIME, Dec. 16); Its advisory council of sportsmen persistently urge a lowering of the bag limit, more game preserves. Last week impetus was given to their cause by an announcement from the National Association of Audubon societies that great numbers of water fowl are being destroyed by oil on coastal waters. The oil residue, which comes from coastwise ships, gathers in the bays and inlets where the ducks rest. Once it reaches a duck, the oil glues his feathers together and, unable to swim, he dies...
...gave concert and lecture tours, raised nearly $100,000 in the name of the Edward MacDowell Association. Simultaneously with her efforts grew the Peterborough Colony where there are now 600 acres instead of the original 200 and 23 studios available for four months of the year at the rate of $12 per week. To be true to its purpose, the colony must be kept small, never is to exceed 25. There creators in any branch of the arts may work in perfect seclusion, even have meals brought to their studio doors. There are dormitories for men, equipment for physical recreation...