Word: greatest
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Evans, of the American Federation of Trade Unions, spoke of cooperative measures in the U. S. between labor and employees. He was received without enthusiasm. His hearers brightened when he described the U. S. Super-Electric-Power-Movement as on the point of becoming the world's greatest monopoly...
...important-the Russian harvest. Now let us make a prophecy . . I foretold that Russian money would be stabilized sooner than in any of the other countries of Europe. Now I say that if Russia has good harvests coming two years in succession her wealth will be greater than the greatest credit she might obtain abroad...
...hand shook as he brushed his eyebrows. It was here, the moment he had waited for. What had made them do it now, he wondered. It must have been his last deal; yes, it was that last big Coca Cola sale that had taught them that he was the greatest salesman who had ever gone forth from Atlanta. They had thought they would surprise him but he was ready for them. He knew just what he would...
...have the greatest contempt for the way they teach at Oxford. The only things of any value there are the games that are played. The modern young man has no mental discipline. He thinks he can learn all about everything from casual conversation instead of from books. That is impossible. My advice to him is to read, read, read...
...Angeles has the distinction of having seen the greatest advances in rents since 1914; present rates there are now 131% to 140% above those eleven years ago. Indeed in 1924 Los Angeles landlords obtained rents averaging 161% to 170% higher than in 1914. Apart from Los Angeles, rents in Buffalo, Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh are still 100% above 1914 rates...