Word: ahead
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...General Assembly and sworn in for his third term as Governor. An hour later he marched out again, still unsworn. Deadlocked between Republicans and Democrats with three Socialists holding the balance, the Senate continued to take ballot after futile ballot to elect a clerk. Governor Cross went ahead with his Inaugural Ball that night, was sworn in late next day after the Socialists had swung to the Republicans on the 110th ballot...
...Apparently, a certain rough law of compensation is at work in the cigaret trade," commented Standard's statisticians. "Whenever a single brand advances far ahead of the others, it eventually becomes the victim of a competitor's advertising attack. This happened to Camel in 1929-31 and to Lucky Strike in 1933-34. Aside from this generalization, it is futile to attempt to forecast sales of leading brands for any distance ahead. Particularly is it impossible to foresee the response of the millions of cigaret consumers to whatever new advertising appeals may be devised...
...last week, as he announced a simplified registration form for seasoned corporations. "We have tried this out with the most vociferous opponents of the Securities Act and with accountants. . . . They feel that there is nothing in it which is unreasonable and will advise their clients to go ahead...
...Capablanca, onetime champion of the world, lost two games and finished fourth, a point behind the winners. Fat, solemn Vera Menchik, world's woman champion, was born in Czechoslovakia, brought up in Moscow, now lives in Hastings. She dismayed her neighbors by winning only one game, finishing just ahead of the two Englishmen who tied for last place...
Nash redesigned its three lines with an eye to riding quality, shoving the motor ahead and synchronizing springs. Standard on the Ambassador but optional on its other lines is what Nash calls a "Santa Claus gear-because it delivers something for nothing." The Santa Claus gear is an overdrive for high-speed cruising...