Word: firms
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...therein by the recession in unemployment. As the requirements of relief decline and national income advances, an increasing percentage of Federal expenditures can and will be met from current revenues, secured from taxes levied in accordance with ability to pay. Our retrenchment, tax and recovery programs thus reflect our firm determination to achieve a balanced budget and the reduction of the national debt at the earliest possible moment...
...parent begins to take his child to the movies when the youngster is 4 years old and then wonders why the child is queer when reaching the age of 16. . . . We must encourage our mem bers to be more virile, spiritually, physically and mentally. This requires taking a firm stand against liquor, gambling, late parties, questionable movies and other things that are sapping the life of our churches. We must expect to be different from the world, if we are to lead the world. We must again be willing to be laughed at and called 'queer...
...Adman William B. ("Bill") Benton retired from his Manhattan firm of Benton & Bowles. Many a Yale graduate has vowed he would make a fortune in a hurry, then retire while he could enjoy it. Adman Benton actually...
First big account was Certo, for General Foods Corp. Knowing nothing about gelatin products, Partner Benton went to New Jersey, Partner Bowles to Connecticut, ringing doorbells for four months, asking housewives questions until they had 533 typewritten pages of data for their campaign. General Foods gave the young firm a terrific boost when it handed Salesman Benton six big food accounts on his birthday in 1932, still entrusts it with a handsome slice of its $10,000,000 annual advertising budget. One of Benton & Bowles's smartest stunts was to cash in on 1933 Repeal sentiment for Adolf Gobel...
Bengt Snyder was a tall, serious, good-looking Swedish boy who at 20 decided that it was time for him to take a firm hand in restoring the run-down family estate of Holinge. His widowed mother, Ragnhild, was too gentle and resigned to meet the difficulties of mounting debts and reduced income, the fits of temperament and moodiness in her children. His 30-year-old sister, Marianne, had made a complete wreck of her life. She had studied to be a singer, deliberately botched her first concert to spite her mother and her mother's love...