Word: client
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Star Humm-Wadsworth client is Lockheed Aircraft, which has given the test to 350,000, including its president, Robert Gross (who surprised nobody by turning out to be temperamentally O.K. for his job). Thanks to its use of the test, Lockheed says, the company has the lowest aircraft-labor turnover in California (less than 1% a month), fires less than 2% of all the men it hires, and has had no serious labor disputes. Dr. Humm's most spectacular single achievement was his test of 60 trainees in a United Airlines school. He predicted that seven...
Kahn factory designs have been known to get under way before the client has made up his mind on the location of the building...
Said the old Judge, summing up: "Cleopatra had her Mark Antony. . . . King Edward said: 'I abdicate my throne at long last that I may marry the woman I love.' . . . My helpless client found her Shonbrun. . . . Will you lead her to the dark doors of the dungeon or will you lead her to the green pastures and by the still waters...
...figured that old-fashioned salesmanship is the best answer to his dilemma. A Manhattan go-getter prettied his showroom with bunting and spring flowers, slapped a huge sign in his window: "Immediate Deliveries-BRAND NEW 1942 Hudsons." Cadillac and Chrysler dealers did likewise. And, like a lawyer with a client, many a dealer will help a customer fight it out with the ration board...
...told the court that, in being his own counsel, he knew he "had a fool for a client." The court made no comment...