Word: extended
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...required the great-skill, invention, vigilance and effort successfully to develop and maintain such a business in the face of its highly competitive nature ... and particularly the competition of RCA ... by reason of its financial power and patent monopoly " By underhanded acts, complained Philco, RCA "is seeking further to extend and strengthen its domination and control of said industry...
...entire Post Office Department, including the Postmaster General himself, should be placed under the merit system. Informed of the President's order last week, the Republican nominee remarked: "It shows the advantages of competition. I hope now he's made such a good start, he will extend...
...most useful Saints in Zion. After the hardships of the journey and the first starvation days in the new land, he was further upped in rank to one of the Twelve Apostles, soon became known as the canniest of the lot. When the Mormons planned to extend their empire to California, Rich was one of the two apostles they sent in charge of the expedition. The California experiment eventually petered out, but as a reward for his efforts, Rich was sent to Europe with another apostle on an innocent junket, to stir up the Saints in foreign lands...
...pilots have been enlisted. "But what we are interested in at the present moment," said Sir Thomas, "is the provision of aircraft for the use of this personnel." All British automobile plants have been canvassed, the Government promising to subsidize any that will build new airplane factories or extend their present plants to make room for airplane production. Food. A subcommittee on food conservation has been set up under Sir William Beveridge, who had the same sort of job during the War. "We are," declared the Defense Coordinator, "rapidly solving the all-important question of food in war time...
...formula for the approach: "(To Customer) Do you smoke cigars? (Make motion towards pocket for cigar. If answer is negative or partly negative-bring out cigar and extend it to customer-but as customer tentatively reaches for it-withdraw it halfway, and pointing to the cigar, talk up some of its features...