Word: growth
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...sinewy smalltown fellow* cursed with a submerged streak of loneliness and bitterness, plagued by an unsympathetic wife and haunted by an unshakable sense of doom. But Sherwood's chief interest in Lincoln is spiritual, not psychological: it consists of vividly, though not altogether convincingly, tracing Lincoln's growth from an indolent, unambitious "artful dodger" who wanted to be left alone, to a suddenly aroused and embattled champion of human rights. And Sherwood is interested in that Lincoln for what he can symbolize to the world today...
...with WLW he went into it with biplanes which he called Moonbeams. Now he no longer makes planes but owns three airfields, always travels by private plane. He produces washing machines, ironers, ranges, bottle coolers, and a strange gadget called the Xervac, designed to stimulate hair growth by alternate vacuum and pressure. These big and little lines are all gathered under an $8,800,000 corporation, Crosley Radio Corp., which last year lost $376,915 (partly because of damage by fire and flood), but which had average net profits of $820,000 for the three previous years. About...
...Though it is too soon to show modern designs that would have all the fine qualities of the flowing period of an artistic development, this is the most important phase in the growth of an architectural period as the seed from which the ultimate flower is to spring is being sown...
...aviation enthusiast since 1928, Dr. Norcross, in the last two years, has visited all the large aircraft factories, air-ports and flying schools, has conferred with heads of most U. S. airlines, studied facts and figures on the growth of U. S. aviation since 1927, when airlines employed only 462 persons. Some of his findings...
...public." Until 1934 the Stock Exchange was run as a club, generally excluded outside viewpoints from its deliberations. That year an "advisory group" of ten non-members headed by A. A. Berle Jr. was created, allowed to sit in. This body is given much credit for the growth of the reform spirit in the Exchange, but the Conway Committee decided: "We believe the public viewpoint may more effectively be expressed only when nonmember representatives are actually full members of the governing board. . . ." Last week SEC Chairman Douglas told the Exchange: "You are to be congratulated upon your success in persuading...