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Word: employee (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Careerists, Tiffany men seldom quit. But there are three sure ways to get fired. One is to sell (or give away) a Tiffany box to a non-purchaser. Another is to fight with an old customer. The third is to steal. About once in ten years an employe is caught...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CARRIAGE TRADE: Tiffany Moves | 11/4/1940 | See Source »

Ordeal By Egg. In Detroit, plump divorcee Doris La Roue, 31, RFC employe, pleaded guilty to tossing a metal wastebasket, a telephone book, an ash tray and other furniture oddments from an 18th story window during a downtown Willkie parade. Said Miss La Roue, denounced by the President, and straightway...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CAMPAIGN: Every Man in His Humor | 10/14/1940 | See Source »

Drifts. Another notable fact in the 1940 Census was the unprecedented drift away from industrial areas and urban centres. Only one big city upped its rate of increase: Washington, D. C., with its swelling Government employe lists. Many cities showed an actual decrease: Philadelphia, Newark, N. J., Boston, Cleveland, San...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CENSUS: 130 Million Plus | 9/30/1940 | See Source »

Labor. Most unions (some of the largest have already exempted drafted members from paying dues) are working on clauses to insure a conscripted employe's job when he returns. But the draft bill already says an employer must return draftees to their jobs "unless . . . circumstances have so changed as...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAR FRONT: Gone With the Draft | 9/30/1940 | See Source »

Showing their patriotism and giving draftees a good send-off at the same time, many big employers have announced generous pay allowances for conscripted employes. The No. 1 U. S. oil company, Standard of New Jersey, will pay its drafted men full difference in salaries for three months plus all...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAR FRONT: Gone With the Draft | 9/30/1940 | See Source »

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