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Both sides seek guarantees, the one against sudden wage reduction, the other both against the snooping investigations that were latent in the first proposal of the miners and against the trap of fading profits into which a lowered coal price might turn the "frozen wage" scheme. In truth the dangers of fixed wages or prices are too real to be overlooked. A sliding scale relating wages and prices would suit the operators better, but the miners would still fear secret intrigue. With all its defects, the first proposal of the miners is the clearest of all the plans. It requires...
...with silica in clay. The result was that aluminum attained no great use because of its excessive cost, until an electrolytic method of obtaining it from a special mineral, bauxite, was discovered in 1886. That made aluminum a commercial possibility on a large scale. The realizing of that sudden possibility made fortunes for those in the aluminum business. It meant the growth of the Aluminum Co. of America from a capital of $1,810,000 in 1888 to $111,500,000 today...
...stores on the carbarn side of Boylston Street were affected by the sudden lack of illumination, and flashlights everywhere made their appearance...
When his citizens petitioned to skate on the village swimming pool, he could not be so careless of political fortunes as to refuse them. Yet his father heart worried lest they drown. Heavily be pondered and then, with sudden decision, uttered an official "Ja". It may be that no skater ventured until the next day. At any rate, not until that time were the Mayor's fears substantiated. While then, instead of a splash, came a queer thud for the Mayor had drained the pond...
...breathless cramming rush of Divisional examinations which is forced to the attention of most Seniors, and many who soon hope to be, is not without certain compensations. And one of these is a sudden accurate knowledge of the Bible. It would be absurd to bring this matter to the attention of Harvard men for any high-flung religious motives, nor is it necessary to do so. The Bible is well worth a face value treatment without the psalm-singing hypocrisy that often goes with...