Word: existed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...sheer immensity of such a sum would constitute the best reason why it should not exist as a political "war chest"; but enemies of Mr. George, having failed to make him disclose the significant total, began some six months ago to hound him about where the money came from in the first place...
...Signor Mussolini, requesting a personal conference with him, was the nub of a speech delivered, last week, to the Chamber of Deputies by Foreign Minister Aristide Briand. Said he: "Speaking for myself and for my country, we are friends of Italy. ... Despite the friction which is said to exist, I am firmly convinced that an accord can be made between the two countries. . . . During the War, Signor Mussolini was one of the greatest helpers in the collaboration of his country with France and I never can forget it. I am asked why I do not confer with...
...There exist about 8,500 Ford dealers. Their profit on each Ford they sell is 20%. (Dealers in other cars get 24% profit.) For six months Ford dealers have been clearing their show rooms of Model T Fords and parts. A fortnight ago all were bare. Last week most continued bare, for the Ford Motor Co. had prepared only about 550 new cars for exhibition. However its production will approximate 1,000 cars a week by January. (The company operates only five days a week.) The aim is 8,000 cars a week. Dealers will deliver very few cars...
...houses, chain stores and department stores handle only 30% of the national business. However, in 1925, one-third of the manufacturing plants produced nine-tenths of the country's manufactured products and employed nearly nine-tenths of the wage-earners in industry. Significance: small businesses can and do exist by the side of big businesses...
Throughout France more than 500,000 such establishments exist, one for every 81 French persons...