Word: gainful
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Because anthracite miners and operators would be endangering their industry by a strike. Soft coal and other substitutes would gain a greater foothold on the market...
...grown at home. In 1913, said he, Britain grew 59% of her food; in 1924 only 48%. Between 1873 and 1922 pasturage land showed a decrease of 1 in every 100 acres, whereas Germany showed an increase of 5, Belgium 16, The Netherlands 12, Denmark 15, France an unspecified gain. He advocated "a ruthless survey without fear or favor, affection or ill will, of the state of our agricultural land and the use to which it is being...
...water, which registered 52°, though it had been free of ice only a fortnight (TIME, July 20), was found suitable for hasty plunging, much to the astonishment of gaping Eskimos who, though they gain their living by cruising about in precarious kyaks (canoes), have no skill at natation...
George Eastman, famed maker of kodaks, is in a fair way to set a precedent. Recently he retired from the presidency of his company to gain a "more detached view of life." He planned a visit to Alaska. That is being carried out this summer...
Meanwhile, consolidation of small into large companies is steadily occurring, with stronger interests in control. The outlook, therefore, indicates that both production and sales of equipment will come under the management of fewer and more expert hands, with a corresponding gain in stability. The better programs problem has not yet been solved...