Word: extras
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...bought Crosley Radio's automobile radio division at Kokomo, Ind., announced that, at additional cost, it would install radios as initial equipment in new cars. Hitherto General Motors cars, like many another make, have been built to take receiving sets should the customer buy one as an extra. No newcomer to radio, General Motors some years ago made home sets in a short-lived venture which was liquidated...
...frequently in Europe, it has yet to enjoy a regular run in America and it is assumed that the inhibiting factor has been fear of censorship. So intriguing was the delectable advance whisper that the opening night attracted a large and urgent through, forcing the management to give an extra performance to satisfy the demands of an art-seeking populace...
...remedy for this situation would be to require either History 1 or Government 1 and correlation in either History or Government. This would eliminate one extra course in the field and allow men to take an additional economics course. In this way their conception of the field would be strengthened and their correlation would have more meaning than at present...
When he offers a big issue, Mr. Dunn's staff rises from four to as high as 35. The extra help is not paid. Friendly banks and bankers in Manhattan send around experts to assist him. Until last year Federal Land Bank issues were distributed by a syndicate headed by Baltimore's Alex. Brown & Sons. But the last four issues were taken directly by Mr. Dunn, though the same banking group still assists in distribution, is paid a straight commission for its sales & services...
Nearly all Mr. Chamberlain's income estimates had been superconservative. The Exchequer had received in estate duties approximately ?8,000,000 more than expected; in income taxes an extra ?5,500,000; in customs and excise duties an extra ?8,500,000. Servicing of the national debt had cost ?12,500,000 less than expected, a windfall promptly plowed back into amortization. The only bad news was that Britain's role of watchdog in the Mediterranean during the Italo-Ethiopian War had cost her an unexpected...