Word: hire
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...that now a person may pick the steepness of his run according to his own ability and daring. In some of the most modern resorts there are cables by means of which weary skiers may be pulled back to the top of the hill. A few hotels even hire ski instructors to help their novice guests...
...answer is simple; he must appeal to romance. Should he hire two thousand chorus girls headed by Sally Rand, Mae West, and Elaine Barry, a different spirit would pervade the dormitories. While they are leaders in education in a somewhat different sphere, they have played an important part in molding many a respectable Harvard...
...suggested as arbitrators. Each side strikes from the list any objectionable names and from the remaining roster the AAA picks the three arbitrators. At least one always knows the business or profession involved. Hearings seldom last more than one day, though each side may present evidence, produce witnesses, hire lawyers...
With a corps of the best engineers, architects, city planners he could hire, George Merrick built boulevards, parks, canals, fountains, lakes, swimming pools, golf courses, country clubs, hotels, homes, public buildings. Payrolls of Coral Gables Corp. were $200,000 per week and the advertising and publicity departments were each spending $2,000,000 per year. Any visitor with the remotest claim to fame was wined, dined and dunned with the Coral Gables gospel. Even William Jennings Bryan was persuaded to lecture on Coral Gables' bright sun and blue waters. And in one twelve-month period Coral Gables Corp. sold...
...Sweringens rule virtually all their vast possessions. On the block will go about 50% of the common stock of Allegheny Corp., representing all but one of the Van Sweringen railroads, Wheeling & Lake Erie, whose stock is pledged with RFC. The man who owns that block of Alleghany stock can hire & fire the executives of Chesapeake & Ohio (3,100 mi.), Pere Marquette (2,200 mi.), Erie (2,700 mi.). Nickel Plate (1,690 mi.) and have a voice in the reorganization of Missouri Pacific (12,000 mi.) and Chicago & Eastern Illinois (900 mi.). Also for sale is stock control...