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Word: du (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...directors of General Motors Corp. last week accepted the resignation of one member of the du Pont family as their chairman and straightway elected his brother in his stead. Outgoing was brother Pierre; incoming was brother Lammot. The directors also heard President Alfred Pritchard Sloan Jr. report estimated 1928 earning of $276,468,108, an increase of some $41,000,000 over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: G. M. C.'s Chair | 2/18/1929 | See Source »

Brother Pierre. A senior and most revered du Pont is Pierre Samuel du Pont?broad, thick chin; gleaming forehead; ready smile. He is a Wet. About six months ago he took leave of absence to join his protégeé, John J. Raskob, in working for the Democratic party. The rest of the du Fonts are Dry and Republican. A polite fissure among the du Fonts and within G. M. C. was apparent while the campaign was raging. Now that it is over, Pierre du Font's interest is in The Association Against the Prohibition Amendment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: G. M. C.'s Chair | 2/18/1929 | See Source »

American International Co. $ 6.24 Atlas Powder Company 6.50† Bethlehem Steel Checker Cab Mfg. Corp. Detroit Edison Du Pont de Nemour & Co. Erie Railroad General Cigar Co. Inc. Gillette Razor Hudson Motors National Biscuit Packard Pore Marquette R J Reynolds US Steel Corp. Ward Baking Corp.** Western Union Woolworth Wrigley

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: 16.66X | 2/11/1929 | See Source »

MAMBA'S DAUGHTERS?Du Bose Heyward?Doubleday, Doran...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Worry | 2/11/1929 | See Source »

...Orientation du Romantisisme versle Realisme", Professor Allard, Emerson...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Student Vagabond | 2/11/1929 | See Source »

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