Word: badness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...worry about that, young fellow! We all get bad breaks. My colors will still be flying when this thing is over." Bookie and Master shook hands...
Comrade Zinoviev fell into the bad graces of the Soviet Government about the same time as did Leon Trotsky, but unlike Trotsky he crawled back into the Soviet's good graces. Devoid of power, he remained in the party; in Russia only a member of "the party" can hold office...
...save it from disaster. He closed its less efficient plants. Paper plants are usually on waterpower sites. International found itself with much unused waterpower. International added "Power" to its name, bought into the New England Power Association, became a seller of electricity. The paper business was in a bad way. In 1928 the gross income of International was 54% from power, 25% from paper, 21% from miscellaneous sources. The company was not getting its lion's share of what newsprint business there was. In order to sell its output, International decided to invest in newspapers, to "buy a market...
...fact that such type of ownership is usually concealed as long as possible is another proof that it is often dangerous in its purpose." Said the New York Evening Post: "No matter how much Mr. Graustein may protest, the sound sense of the public will know that it is bad public policy to have an important and constantly increasing group of newspapers under the ownership of a great public utility corporation. The International is hurting the standing of American journalism. It is biting the hand that feeds...
...financial condition of the Debating Council is admitted by its officials to be bad. One debate of the previous season brought the Council fifteen hundred dollars. A year later, after scores of other debates, some with paying audiences of five hundred dollars on the wrong side. The vote of the Council to establish a graduate advisory committee when coupled with the dubious financial status would indicate a self confession of the Council's inability successfully to run its own affairs...