Word: foreigner
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...than that he be a misfit for life. What he judges to be strong points not to be chipped off by the college process of being rounded into a billiard ball may be gaps which college could fill in. Moreover, may not many a man with an outstanding trait foreign to college be given a chance there to make of himself something more than a mere strong point? Or may he not, perhaps painfully to be sure, gain a familiarity with the average so that he may be able to make and keep contacts with society and normal life...
...statement Sir Douglas expressed concern over continued competition in foreign companies; over unsettled conditions in the potentially great Chinese market; over the inaccessibility of Russia where the Soviet government holds $84,000,000 of Singer assets. Then Sir Douglas told of the counteractive efforts of his sales agencies in opening up new territory even in remote Belgian Congo; in introducing machines to 338,000 pupils in 12,000 European school classes. He announced growth of electrical machine sales which are now half of all sales and which he predicts will eventually be the only kind. Then he mentioned machines capable...
...rate of a half billion a month or six billion a year. This figure included stocks, bonds and notes, but did not include real estate or municipal securities either in this country or Canada. Except for a comparatively small amount of financing by Canadian corporations and by foreign corporations, cities and governments, it represented the money used either to bring new U. S. businesses into existence or to make larger U. S. businesses already established...
...Foreign corporations...
...running expenses $700; while the remainder of the $4,000 is for organized charities, and miscellaneous purposes. The Salvation Army is to receive $500, the American Red Cross, $1,000, and the Harvard Band, $750. The allotments for the Cambridge Boy Scouts, the Committee on Friendly Relations among Foreign Students, and the Near East Relief have not yet been decided...