Word: drives
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...acute corporate fear of the tax collector. Under the Revenue Act the Federal Government may lay a penalty up to 35% on the net income of a corporation which accumulates surpluses in excess of what the Government believes it "reasonably" needs. Month ago the Treasury Department launched a drive to collect such penalties from some 100 U. S. corporations (TIME, Oct. 29). The Treasury Department found itself in a morass of legal tangles arising from the difficulty of deciding what needs are ''reasonable." It was clear from last week's outpouring of extra dividends that many a corporation had decided...
...Brutal, coarse, ruthless mug of toadlike consistency. Fleshy features of crude clay. Deep ruts ploughed down cheeks as if by cartwheels through heavy mud. Eyes smothered in stout scallops of pulp. Body prehistoric mound, clothing tugged on in folds like armor-clad rhinoceros. Looks neolithic, neckless, materialistic with powerful drive and stubborn pugnacity. Atavistic. Unusually intelligent primate. Nose.like a darning gourd. Expression like an old procuress...
...York, Dec. 9--Apparently hopelessly defeated as they went into the fourth quarter, the New York Giants put on the greatest final-period drive of the 1934 football season to capture the National Professional Championship from the Chicago Bears 30 to 13. On his road before giving way the finals, Sargent defeated Donald Simons, Princeton graduate and court luminary...
...annual fall clothing drive, conducted under the auspices of the Phillips Brooks House Association, will start Monday and continue for two weeks. Every student in the University will be visited personally for any books, clothes, or magazines which he wishes to give away. The books collected will be placed in the loan library of Phillips Brooks House...
Peter W. Hoguet '37, chairman of the drive, issued the following statement yesterday: "It is hoped that each student will contribute as much clothing and as many books as possible. A large portion of the clothing is used for the relief of needy Harvard students as well as of destitute Cambridge families. During the coming winter, clothes will be needed more than ever before. We strongly urge every Harvard student to do his part in the drive...