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Word: concerning (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...doubt you will be getting a lot of letters soon like the above. But don't let it concern you I imagine the vast majority of your readers will get the mighty "belly laugh" I experienced over said article. I immediately went up to town and bought me a copy of Esquire You ought to charge that magazine for that hot-shot advertisement. I'll be flying down to Rio soon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 12, 1936 | 10/12/1936 | See Source »

Rugs were the other concern of the Federal Trade Commission last week. It complained that Bird & Son, Inc. and a subsidiary were selling floor coverings to Montgomery Ward & Co. at lower prices than to independent retailers. As a beneficiary of the alleged discrimination Ward was also cited...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Act in Action | 10/12/1936 | See Source »

...makeup exams in each University any more than it sets the requirements for a passing grade in Freshman English. When Harvard abolished November and March probation for upperclassmen and then reduced midyear pro, it was never felt by those in Cambridge that such action was in any way the concern of Yale or Princeton...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: YALE IS STILL AMATEUR | 10/6/1936 | See Source »

...from classmates and only in two instances can he recall any note of discouragement, even though some were forced into such work as building birdhouses, lifeguarding, etc. To show you how they went after jobs: One chap in New York pestered the personnel manager of a large New York concern so much that the latter finally hired him to handle other pestering college graduates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: A. M. A. Attitude | 10/5/1936 | See Source »

Most important factor in M.I.T.'s existence is a concern which has the exclusive right to sell its stock. Directly and through dealers Massachusetts Distributors, Inc. last year sold $38,000,000 worth of M.I.T. shares. The trust receives an amount equal to the liquidating value of its shares already outstanding on the day new shares are sold, so that there is no dilution of equity. For its commission the selling company adds about 5% (reduced from 8%). On repurchases from stockholders who want to sell the trust pays the full liquidating value, though it has the right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Boston Trusts | 10/5/1936 | See Source »

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