Word: chain
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...events at the Stadium. There are pacificists in this country who make great rejoicing every time there is such a contest, an international debate, an exchange professorship, or a worldwide congress of scientists, as if every group that contained citizens from two different nations was a link in the chain to hold back the dogs of war. The newspapers know this and pepper their columns with items about good-will flights and good-will conventions...
...original business was manufacturing not retailing, some of its Rexall dealers had from time to time decided to retire from business and Mr. Liggett's company had bought them out. Hence sprang United Drug's subsidiary. Louis K. Liggett Co., which in 1928 operated a chain of 500 drug stores in the U. S. In addition United Drug owned 75% of the stock (recently sold) of Boots, a similar drug chain in England...
...with all the skill that had made him a star-and mutual support was to make them better than ever. Last week's decision meant but one thing: that mutual support was no longer considered as great an asset as independence. To begin with, United Drug's chain-store profits have long since vanished , principally because of the effect of depression on Louis K. Liggett Co., now in receivership (TIME, April 10). From the standpoint of supplying cash for Drug Inc.'s dividends, one of the biggest members of the team was not supplying any support whatever...
Sirs: TIME'S notice, Bog War (April 3) gives an erroneous idea of the struggle in question. Paraguay has administered Chaco Boreal since Colonial days in her own right. Bolivia was only able to construct chain of small forts owing to domestic troubles in Paraguay during last 30 years, penetrating slowly into undisputed Paraguayan Zone recognized as such by treaties signed by themselves, by U. S. and by the Argentine Republic. Bolivia has never cultivated or owned an inch of ground in that region. Bolivian authorities' object in claiming Chaco is only apparently obtention of outlet on river...
Samuel Gluckstein, hotel & chain store operator, London County Council treasurer...