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George Douglas Howard Cole is Reader in Economics at Oxford, acting President of the Workers' Educational Association, member of the League of Nations' Economic and Political Committees. He whites articles on economics for the Encyclopedia Britannica, books such as Gold, Credit and Unemployment and Unemployment, British Trade and Industry Past and Future...
Looking, talking and acting like a benevolent John Bull, Percy Bullen was the dean of British correspondents in the U. S. In 30 years he produced some 11,000,000 words of copy-"more," he proudly observes, "than in the Encyclopedia Britannica." His professional routine was more pleasant than that of the average newshawk. His office was above his apartment in a penthouse a few doors off lower Fifth Avenue. There every morning he would digest the daily newspapers arranged for him by a secretary. He might go out to luncheon with a banker, or speed to Washington...
...Bermuda samples of Australian wines were stacked ready to be rushed to Manhattan. There are no Australian vintage years because, Australians eagerly explain, "the weather is so perfect that every year is the same." Anxious not to offend the King's subjects down under, the Encyclopædia Britannica puts Australian wines in their place with a maximum of tact: "The plentiful supply of cheap grape brandy makes it possible for Australia to send to England ever increasingly large quantities of fortified wines [i. e. dosed with brandy], wines which being rich in natural grape sweetness...
...flock of reports was Chrysler Corp.'s $11,254,000, comparing with a small profit in 1931. Directors promptly passed the dividend. Sears, Roebuck & Co.'s deficit of $2,544,000-first since the 1921 slump-was caused by losses in its retail stores, Encyclopaedia Britannica, and the home construction division. Last year Sears made $12,170,000. International Harvester, hard hit by dwindling farm income, reported a $7,583,000 deficit. American Water Works & Electric's profits dropped from $6,399,000 in 1931 to $3,692,000. Big General Electric's profits shrank from...
...give a history of France over a period of eighty years, and to place incidental emphasis on Talleyrand. In attempting to straddle the two, the book falls into the vague, unsatisfactory mists between them. One has a picture of Mr. Cooper's typewriter firmly sandwiched between the Encyclopaedia Britannica on the one side, and an anecdotal card index on the other...