Word: growed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...soapboxes: "The problem of improving the literary tastes of the people is the problem of the schools. The people who listen to our programs aren't intellectuals - they're ordinary people, good people, who win wars for us, produce our manufactured products and grow our food. They use a lot of soap...
...Tide of Revolution. At a time when many a U.S. businessman fears a recession and the threat of much tougher competition, P. & G. is a prime example of i) how to sell goods despite recessions, and 2) how bitter competition both inside and outside a company can make it grow. Although P. & G.'s practice of letting Ivory Soap dispute the claims of detergent Tide makes little sense to many other businessmen, P. & G.'s McElroy thinks that it is the only way to keep his soap salesmen on their toes. He is never happier than when...
Tide continued to grow so fast that last year Neil McElroy supplied it with some more competition. He brought out Cheer, another detergent, which settled into second place (third: Colgate's Fab). Opening the Door. The revolution that P. & G. fathered not only gave its old-fashioned soaps new competition, it opened the door to competition for the whole soap industry from the chemical makers, who supplied many of the raw materials for the detergents. Monsanto, backed by huge research funds, introduced All, persuaded washing-machine makers to hand it out to their customers. General Aniline brought out Glim...
...shocked when he answers, "All right." ¶ Filo has five children, and in one day will be 34. "I have gotten old, haven't I?" she asks her brother. "Look at the wrinkles in my face. Now all that's left is to wait till the children grow up, get older and older, and then die. Like Mamma, poor dear...
...Approach. Manufacturers should study future tax needs of any community, before moving there, Tomb warns. "Southern states have a larger proportion of school-age children and correspondingly larger needs for educational funds . . . As southern cities and towns grow with the expansion of industrial activity, everyone will want and need more housing, hospitals, roads, and soon. These will have to be provided at today's higher cost...