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Word: acted (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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John C. Develin '38 will put on a judging act and Edwin A. Barnes, Jr. '37 will perform a few magician's tricks...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MUSICAL CLUB WILL PLAY | 12/17/1936 | See Source »

...days later, at the annual convention of the Investment Bankers Association in Augusta. Ga., in his first speech since the election. Chairman Landis officially confirmed the prevalent belief that for the next four years SEC intends to be tough. Referring to holding company resistance to the Public Utility Act, Mr. Landis declared...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Challenge | 12/14/1936 | See Source »

...responsibility that should lodge in the hands of men who wish to do and act has moved strangely into the hands of men who had no vision but that of the past, and of men whose political hatred for the direction of American life made them believe that through some abracadabra of legal learning they could turn it backward. ... In this contest of power between a handful of men and a Nation, no longer lethargic but vocal and tense, there can be no question as to the final outcome...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Challenge | 12/14/1936 | See Source »

...Banned by the Robinson-Patman Antiprice Discrimination Act is the old practice of charging a big customer less than a little customer unless the difference can be justified by actual savings on volume business. Everyone agrees that it is cheaper to handle a few large orders than many small ones but in a mixed business it is almost impossible to determine precisely what the saving is. To circumvent this legal and accounting problem U. S. Rubber Co. last week announced a novel method of meeting the Robinson-Patman Act. After the turn of the year a new subsidiary called...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Downtown | 12/14/1936 | See Source »

...act comedies, a pair of jugglers, and an orchestra and chorus will all be featured when Adams House holds its annual Christmas Dinner this evening...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ADAMS HOUSE FEATURES PLAYS | 12/14/1936 | See Source »

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