Word: good
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...text: Tennessee was losing T.E.P.'s taxes, was losing a company that had given good service at low prices, was buying T.E.P. "for about four-fifths of its real value." "Our hope," he wound up sardonically, "is that they [Tennesseeans] will never be required to defend a business of their own against Government-subsidized competition...
Earnings report of Chrysler Corp. last week vied with those of the aircraft industry (see col. 2) as the most comfortable reading in the U. S. for businessmen. The good news was announced by squarejawed, round-tummied K. T. Keller, president of Chrysler, who published a sensational report. Chrysler's sales for six months were up 82% from $188,125,465 last year to $342,788,293. But its profits were up fivefold, from $5,709,599 to $25,345,771. While the industry's car and truck sales rose 47.1% above the first half of 1938, Chrysler...
...Klein was not only crestfallen, he was embarrassed. He had to recall his printed invitations to listen in, and it was difficult to explain to acquaintances that his appearance had been canceled because he was just too good. So Mr. Klein filed suit, in Philadelphia Common Pleas Court No. 5, asking no specific damages, since the Hobby Lobby experience cost him only time out from business, carfare, etc., but leaving it up to the court to prescribe suitable balm for his injured pride...
...international shortwave radio broadcasting, put it on a commercial footing, by empowering it to sell air time to advertisers. This was the order that raised such a ruckus because of a censorious-sounding rider clause cautioning broadcasters that international programs must be designed to promote international good will. That part of the FCC order has since been suspended, pending hearings on it. But the official changeover of the stations themselves to commercial operating bases was last week in full swing...
...upon them as an unexpected pleasure." In that matriarchy, the strikingly handsome, tall, dark-eyed, sensual, clever, positive, realistic Lambs horse-played and horselaughed at delicacy and romance, ate prodigiously, fell asleep and snored, shouted their arrogant opinions, cursed loud and long. Yet they had immense love of life, good humor, adroitly managed people and situations. Melbourne House was a social centre of London. It was also animal, hard, rapacious and plainspoken...