Word: allowing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...time. He took three years to make "The Wedding March" and he takes some two hours to show it to you at the Met this week. He is in a position to do as he pleases, and from a glance at his past productions one understands why the producers allow him all sorts of liberties. But when the present picture has been added to the list of past pictures made by von Stroheim the general average will have fallen considerably...
...conjunction with the new signal controls which will allow an uninterrupted cruising speed of 15 miles an hour in downtown traffic the Engineering Division will increase the number of through streets of arterial boulevards. This is the second plan of revision and should aid a great deal in preventing traffic congestion. At present there are only two through streets Commonwealth Avenue and Blue Hill Boulevard...
...hangar will serve three definite purposes. First, it will give the club a permanent asset which will serve as a form of insurance for the clubs continued operation and success. Second, it will provide a steady source of income (plus a saving of the rent now paid) which will allow the club to increase its operations, and to maintain flying at a cheaper rate than is now possible. Third, it will provide valuable experience for club members, many of whom plan to make commercial aviation their career...
...money in constructing a large commercial hangar which could be rented as a single unit. Second, to use part of the funds to build a small hangar for club use primarily, and to invest the remainder to serve as a permanent endowment fund which would allow the club to increase its operations and to lower its flying rates. The question can not be definitely decided until the plan for the Boston airport is agreed upon...
...intelligent pessimist, seeking omens and portents of business depression, will allow himself to glance at the recent history of U. S. mail order houses. Balance sheets of Sears Roebuck and of Montgomery Ward are the particular pride of bulls, the dull despair of bears. In 1921, Year of Deflation, Sears Roebuck admitted an operating loss of $16,435,468. And Montgomery Ward showed a loss of $9,887,396. But in 1922, both companies declared net profits of about $5,000,000. By 1927, Montgomery Ward could show profits of $13,127,431, and Sears Roebuck nearly twice as much...