Word: absorber
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...difficulties of the Scripps-Howard papers and the tightening of the Hearst chain (see below) last week brought observers to the conclusion that U. S. chain journalism had passed its zenith. When stronger papers are no longer able to absorb the losses of the weaker papers, the essential strength of a chain is lost. While still under central management, the motto of chains has become: every paper for itself...
...will do to make the rung sturdy and lasting. Because not only is the future of Harvard dependent on your use of the step, but even the college destiny of yourself. What you do the first year will determine what you leave to Harvard as well as what you absorb from it. So, Freshmen, sit a moment and think...
...bids. Most popular scooping arrangement is a grapple hook dangling from the plane by a rope to catch another rope (with the mail sack attached) suspended between two posts. To deliver sacks without bursting them, experimenters have used nets, parachutes, hinged rods on the bottom of the sack which absorb the shock. The Post Office left the scooping method to the airlines, subject to approval by the Civil Aeronautics Authority. Deadline for bids: September...
...claims that the farm-equipment industry is an example of this law's effective evasion through the purchase of competitors' assets rather than stock. FTC therefore recommended to Congress that the Clayton Act be revised so that no company controlling 10% or more of its industry can absorb any other company in the same industry...
...gloomy heads over the action of New York City (where Philip Morris sells one-fifth of its smokes) in imposing a 1? a package cigaret tax two months ago. Other cigaret companies could pass this on to the consumer. Philip Morris to maintain its fixed price policy must either absorb the tax or reduce its famed dealer profit margin. So far the dealer has either absorbed it or charged 16?. Philip Morris may therefore be forced to use a stunt it tried before-giving dealers one pack free with every carton they buy, thus compensating the reduced profit margin...