Word: higher
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...this reason can the McLaughlins get no money: When the $15,000 decision was rendered against the Clarke company, that firm's counsel appealed. The higher court (Appellate Division) reversed Justice Cropsey's decision, thereby throwing out the verdict in favor of the McLaughlins. The McLaughlins could not start another suit because Justice Cropsey in his decision had absolved the Greiner Contracting Co., Inc., of all blame. Since there were but two possible defendants to the suit?Greiner and Clarke?and both had been freed of blame, no other party could be sued. In its decision the Appellate Division flayed...
...Higher than all but two Manhattan skyscrapers; the Woolworth Building (792 ft.); the Metropolitan Life Insurance Building (700 ft . ) . †To keep away air, prevent rust. Such paint is an economical product of so-called red lead (minium, Ph.O...
Even in 1850 there was anti-railroad legislation, for at the foot of the timetable is a notice. "At the request of Superintendent Alcohol, there will be a business meeting, by and by, of the stockholders and conductors of the road, to hear a report concerning liabilities under the Higher...
...income has risen considerably, but the prosperity that has come upon the auto industry has so increased the value of the dollar spent in purchasing a car that the smaller fractions of it saved in such ways lose their significance. Probably the most important consideration of all is that higher consumption of gas brings increased power, and it is not without its significance in America today that this should be worth more even than gold...
...Sloan's prediction was apparently based on three items: 1) Ford production, which did not get into full swing until the early autumn of 1928, may reach a much higher total in 1929; 2) Chevrolet, now a six-cylinder car, plans a greater push rather than a letdown in 1929; 3) Chrysler looms as a potent rival of General Motors...