Word: gainful
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...dead and his wife, a large Irishwoman, lives mostly in Boston with another married daughter. In private life he is an unusually pious Catholic, carries a rosary, also a crucifix blessed for a Happy Death, and on which, if ill or unable to get to church, he may gain a plenary indulgence by saying the Stations of the Cross, reciting 14 Our-Fathers, Hail-Marys, Glorias and praying for the intention of the Holy Father...
...operatives are loyal and their companies are so founded that they exist primarily for the benefit of the members and make no real attempt to profit from sales to non-members. Any direction the battle runs the co-operative managers are a jump ahead of the cartels and thir gain is the consumer's gain. Albin Johansson, president and manager of the Co-operative Union, or "K. F." receives a salary roughly equivalent to 5000 dollars in United States currency. It is self-sacrifice like his, as well as the sound financial and business policies of its leaders, that...
...from Europe, where Franklin D. Roosevelt's reputation with businessmen and bankers has always been far higher than at home, the stockmarket shot up in the heaviest trading since last February. Day after elections, the Dow-Jones industrial stock average climbed nearly 4 points, best day's gain since 1933. Public utility stocks, which had been widely touted as the best method of batting on Alf Landon, declined automatically. Next day, however, while trading on the New York stock exchange swelled to 3,600,000 shares, even the utilities perked up. Day after that the stockmarket paused...
...exotic hog who lives in the Indian marshes and whose life is made miserable by handsome Bengal Lancers pursuing him with spears. This month in the rugged Great Smoky Mountains of southeastern Tennessee in Cherokee National Forest, a few U. S. sportsmen will have a chance to gain closer acquaintance with the animal...
...that Harvard has developed a football team which can gain more yards rushing and make more first downs than the powerful Navy team, Crimson chances to earn the title of Big Three champion appear brighter than they have for many years. The up and coming spirit of the Harvard players deserves enthusiastic backing by every student who can make the trip to the Yale Bowl next Saturday. Although Harvard may not be favored on paper in view of comparative scores, there is no reason to take a Blue victory for granted...