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Finally rousing himself resolutely, he decided that this lost soul must be educated, and brought into the fold. He strode to the book-case and pulled down his copy of Jack Frost's "Harvard and Cambridge Sketch Book." After a few moments spent thumbing through the pages, he located the one he sought...
...matter of fact the wave length of electrons accelerated by say 15,000 volts is already roughly 50,000 times smaller than that of visible light. According to the information concerning magnification presented in the article the actual improvement gained by substituting electron waves for light is only 50-fold...
...indecency charges, the management of a dismal burlesque-revue called Wine, Women & Song. Said the Mayor: "The title is very misleading. The public thought it was Viennese music." The public, its misapprehensions cleared up, promptly took a new interest in Wine, Women & Song. The managers,who had expected to fold in a week for lack of customers, gleefully hauled down the closing notice. If the court case dragged on long enough, the show might...
...usual salaried people have been the worst sufferers. But wage earners have also had hard times. It was estimated last winter that, against a 40-fold increase in the cost of rice, unskilled Chungking workers had got only a 29-fold wage increase, skilled workers only a 16-fold increase. For a while most farmers and other commodity producers made great profits. But China's runaway prices have caught and passed many producers' incomes. China's inflation pains are not only severe but general...
...Gianninis-never known to throw away a dollar-drove good bargains on all three deals. Reason: like many war babies, the companies were short on working capital and long on excess-profits taxes. But in the Transamerica fold they have millions of working capital at their corporate fingertips, and the tax shield of Transamerica's hefty excess-profits tax exemption. Profits from the Adel plant may triple because the tax rate will be slashed from Adel's 80% to Transamerica...