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...Number of years it took for the word dot-commer to gain admission after it was first used...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Numbers: Jul. 14, 2003 | 7/14/2003 | See Source »

...Berenger's office make a fair accounting for themselves -- no more. Buddy Mear as Papillon does a nice job of caricaturing The Boss, Peter Wirth as the sceptic Botard gets too loud too fast, Richard Petkun as Dudar, the office commer, has no poise whatsoever...

Author: By Charles F. Sabel, | Title: Rhinoceros | 12/10/1966 | See Source »

Depression gave him his chance. Rootes bought up, at distress prices, three famed but inefficient old companies-Humber, Hillman and Commer. He modernized their equipment and methods, had them paying dividends again within a year. Later the fast-growing Rootes Group took in others until it embraced 20 companies, including Sunbeam-Talbot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Billy's Sunbeam | 8/31/1953 | See Source »

...Washington, D. C., Rosie Giles, 27, who weighs 250 Ibs., struck one Ellen Commer, 13, in the jaw because she was sitting on the Giles bench in the House of Prayer revival tent. A patrolman arrested Rosie but she sat down, refused to budge, had to be removed by reserves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Dec. 16, 1929 | 12/16/1929 | See Source »

...Hupp Motor Car Corp. (possibly controlled by William C. Durant) and Chandler-Cleveland Motors Corp. (possibly controlled by the railroading brothers Van Sweringen), forming a $130,000,000 business; 2) Chrysler Corp. and Commercial Credit Co. (Baltimore), to provide instalment sale systems for Chrysler cars; 3) Humber, Hillman and Commer (British) motor interests, as Humbers, Ltd. Object: competition with U. S. manufacturers. Capital...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Mergers: Dec. 3, 1928 | 12/3/1928 | See Source »

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