Word: absorber
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Last week the I. C. C. did disapprove. The C. & O. might absorb the Pere Marquette, it declared, but not the Erie. Again the Van Sweringens were frustrated and also had their pyramid system of finance roundly rebuked...
...language because of their imposition. A change to a requirement of only one language to be met through a thorough written and oral examination or by a satisfactory grade in a course as advanced as French 6 or German 2, would give the brilliant student something to absorb his attention, and the weak student an intelligible goal worthy of his efforts...
Thereupon Mr. Loring proposed to increase the capitalization of the B. M. C. Durfee Trust Co. of Fall River and have it absorb two other local banks, the Massasoit-Pocasset National and the Metacomet National. Last week directors of the three institutions agreed to accept Mr. Loring's plans, which of course are also Mr. Liggett...
...this point enters the question of Anschluss: the much- mooted union of Austria with Germany. Such union is believed by many economists to be vital to the commercial survival of Austria. It could be made unnecessary by moving the League to Vienna. But Germans want Anschluss, want to absorb Austria. Therefore Germany, with a Council Seat on the League, may be expected to fight tooth and claw any move to move the League...
Bright lights in the gloom were last week's reports that the Ford Motor Co. was employing 92,317 (the week before, 91,616) and that the Youngstown, Ohio, district would absorb surplus steel mill labor as soon as spring weather permitted construction operations...