Word: adopting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Entrants to New York University packed a Presbyterian Church to hear words from Elbert H. Gary, steel magnate and famed author of rules for a successful life. Business success was the burden of his message. Be agreeable, said he, approachable, popularize yourself and your business. "Adopt and apply the standards of propriety. . . . Honesty is best. . . . Abraham Lincoln. . . . Marshall Field. . . . J. Pierpont Morgan. . . . The average man likes to hear himself talk too much. It is well to let the other man talk half of the time...
Recognizing that the organization has for the past few years found difficulty in securing some very desirable engagements, the management has decided to adopt a new policy, and to conform to the modern demand by including in its programs representative music of a lighter vein than has been customary, modelling its selections somewhat after those of the Symphony "Pops...
...Ford must take possession of the ships within 60 days and scrap them or install Diesel engines and put them into service within 18 months. With a few of the ships he is expected to adopt the latter course. All the rest must be scrapped. He has the privilege of salvaging any machinery he can, for use in his own factories. Following the purchase Mr. Mayo offered $40,000 apiece for seven ocean-going tugs, ISO feet long, with which to tow his purchases to his wrecking yards (probably most of the ships will be scrapped at Detroit). The Shipping...
About three quarters of the purchasers of automobiles pay for them on credit over the course of the following year. The theoretical risk to the sellers has led progressive Walter P. Chrysler to adopt a plan whereby each purchaser of a Chrysler car will automatically receive a fire and theft insurance policy on it. The cost of the insurance is included in the price of the car. Thus not only is the owner protected, but also the maker. The idea has also appealed strongly to the General Motors Corporation, who are said to favor its adoption on their enormous output...
...educational policies which the state of Maine has not yet been willing to adopt...