Word: expectancy
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...calling, and you cannot divide him. Moreover, as he is at work on the main business of his career you cannot separate him, his work, and his tastes from the obligations of this career. Can you say to any man: Discounting the problem of your getting ahead and expect an honest and at the same time an informative reply? I think...
...income from invested funds will be less and the repayments from loans somewhat slower, especially among the recent graduates who have found it difficult to obtain employment. At the present moment, it is estimated that the total shrinkage will be about $18,000, although it is reasonable to expect that some of this will be offset by additional gifts during the year and by residuary bequests which will become available. The loss in income available for scholarships and loans will however, be more than offset by the sums of #40,000, made available for temporary student employment...
...Lake, who has been building submarines since 1894, built this one as "the first purely commercial type in the world." His financier is M. S. Moss. Manhattan showman. They expect to sell their machines to the sponge, coral, pearl, nacre and edible shellfish industries. Mr. Lake, who at 66 still hopes to make a stable fortune from submarines, enthusiastically projects "possibilities for the submarine in the recovery of gold and oil, laying of submarine pipes and cables, surveys of harbors and coastal waters, and possibly naval use for life-saving and salvage operations...
Heavy selling came into railroad shares last week. Wall Street's explanation: the Coolidge Commission is expected to come put soon with a "hardboiled" report urging that railroads scale down their capitalization. One suggestion Wall street did not expect the Commission to follow was made last week by Nathan Leonard Amster, president of Manhattan (elevated) Railway. He reiterated his plea of long standing: that if all roads were merged into one the railways would save $500,000,000 a year, "enough to practically pay the interest on all outstanding railway bonds." Nor was W'all Street stirred...
...Camels in 1913 the account was given to N. W. Ayer & Son, Inc. It remained there until 1931 when Erwin, Wasey & Co. obtained it and launched the famed cellophane campaign with the $50,000-in-prizes letter contest. Recently Camel advertising has been confined chiefly to magazines. Advertising men expect that the new Estyfied copy will appear early in January, first in newspapers. Agent Esty was performing the first part of the campaign in orthodox fashion last week, letting nobody know the nature of the bait that lured the Camels...