Word: competitor
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Congressional sentimentalists have, for the past 37 years, supported the idea of independence for the Philippines. With the recent Hard Times, the issue became realistic. Cotton Congressmen were told by their constituents that Philippine coconut oil was a competitor with their cottonseed oil. Manila hemp seemed to be hurting U. S. cordage producers. But the big importation from the Philippines is sugar from sugar cane, and that brought anguished wails from Louisiana sugarmen, howls of positive pain from sugar-beet growers of Colorado, Utah, Nebraska, Wyoming, Montana, Michigan. With independence goes a U. S. duty on Philippine sugar which, unless...
...Norman Hartnell, Ltd. of London, Lady Alice's dress was in fact cut by M. Albert Cezard. Suing French Cutter Cezard last week, famed Italian-blooded Schiaparelli charged in London's Court of Appeals that he is under contract to her not to cut for a competitor until six months after July 31. One British judge having ruled against Schiaparelli earlier, the Court of Appeals acted not quite fast enough to keep Lady Alice's gown from being the subject of a lawsuit during the actual ceremony, did manage while the wedding breakfast was being eaten...
Tennessee who unexpectedly wins a Pulitzer Prize, is hauled off to Manhattan to versify on a radio program for a soap manufacturer whose competitor is about to offer a criminal "March of TIME" on the air. The Pulitzer Prizeman throws his employer out a window of the Empire State Building, hangs a radio announcer, wakes up. Reviewers compared Crime Marches On with The Tavern, produced by George M. Cohan in 1920, which did not make any sense either...
Adlis still ranked as right tackle in the "A" team signal lineup yesterday, but Burton shared with Spring the honor on the left side of the line. The chief other competitor right now seems to be Bob Downes, the ex-Jayvee end, who, like Glendinning, saw service in the scrimmage yesterday...
...operated. After the dinner Schwab and Morgan talked privately for half an hour, and while the livery-stable keeper's son made a deep impression on Morgan, they could not freely discuss consolidation of the steel industry, since Schwab was associated with Carnegie, often Morgan's competitor. Fearing Carnegie's displeasure, Schwab suggested an "accidental" meeting with Morgan at the Hotel Bellevue in Philadelphia. When he got there he learned that Morgan had caught cold, could not go out, wanted to see Schwab at his home. Schwab committed himself to the extent of going there, heard Morgan...