Word: codee
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...industry there came last week a code of ethics. Concerning only the marketing of oil, the code consisted of 19 articles, most of which dealt with relations between "refiner, wholesaler, distributor and jobber" and the "retailer." As gasoline is by far the most important petroleum product, particularly for U. S. consumption, the "retailer" is usually the filling station owner and the code deals chiefly with unfair methods of securing filling station distribution. It says that the wholesaler should not lease pumps, tanks or other equipment; should not pay the retailer's rent, put up his buildings, lease him land...
Some of the code provisions are striking indications of the competitive aspects of the oil business. There is a rule that "lotteries, prizes, wheels of fortune or other games of chance shall not be used in connection with the sales of gas and motor oils." And it is expressly stipulated that no oil company shall indulge in the practice of painting out the signs and colors of a competitor...
...palace in order to become a wandering ascetic. After many years of reclusion and concentrated thinking he began teaching his system of salvation which would deliver all living beings from sin and suffering. He taught that men should save themselves by meditation and by the practice of a high code of morality, and that they should not rely upon any divinities. He condemned the worship of idols as severely as the offering of sacrifices, but after his death those practices crept into the order he himself founded. Present day Buddhists are practically all idol worshippers. Some of them adore representations...
...Code radio flashes from London to the plunging, speeding Enterprise told David of Windsor more than any correspondent knew about George V's condition. In England censorship of the official medical bulletins by Home Secretary Sir William Joynson-Hicks grew so drastic that prominent folk even tried to pry the truth out of Sir William's son Lancelot, previously a pallid nonentity. One day after chatting with his tall, correct, frock-coated father, Lancelot Joynson-Hicks said positively: "There is no doubt that the King is on the mend...
...utterly shocked and totally unsympathetic Czechoslovaks, DumDum mer Vuciterna growled an explanation: "I shot him because of a blood feud. We have many in Albania. I did only what any Albanian would. Our code of honor demands a life for a life...