Word: gainful
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...leaders, a man well known in the District attorney's Office, had been murdered in his downtown hideaway. Of the 73 men brought to trial for such activities, Mr. Dewey has convicted 72, and it is little wonder that the Tammany ticket fears to see him gain the office of District attorney under LaGuardia, where his investigations may be even more devastating than before...
...order to gain valuable first-hand experience with highway problems, the men drove down in cars over some of the more important eastern routes. Once established at Hotel George Washington in New York, they will make short trips of inspection to parkway developments in Westchester, Long Island, and New Jersey...
...electorate voted to adopt an entirely new charter, the final fruit of Judge Seabury's investigations, doing away with the great Tammany stronghold, the Board of Aldermen, in favor of a City Council, and setting up a system of proportional representation, so that no one party could in future gain complete domination of the Citys finances and control...
...Robert Moses, the Tri-Borough Bridge, new docks for the ocean liners, a health center for the poor in Harlem, and the west side highway on which you can travel from Canal Street to Poughkeepsie with-out stopping. As for driving out business, under the Fusion government the gain in factories from 193-35 was over six thousand, an increase of 35 per cent. And the police protection of life and property, though never perfect in such a city, has been unusually fine, especially in view of the smashing of rackets by Mr. Dewey, the Special Prosecutor appointed by Governor...
...stockmarket that calls for prompt correction. This impairment is to be explained as the cumulative effect of a variety of recent governmental policies, many of which can and should be modified without abandoning the underlying policy of eliminating abuses from the securities market. The tax on capital gains at high bracket income tax rates can be changed to a low rate flat tax with positive gain in revenue to the Treasury. The rule regarding trading by insiders can be modified so as to restore protective action by insiders on breaks, and still prevent unfair use of inside information. The margin...