Word: interested
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...purpose of this series is simply to give as many people as possible more information about the way advertising works in the public interest. It is running now because the present period of increased sales activity seemed to be an appropriate time for advocating a fresh understanding of advertising's role in the U.S. economy. The advertisements in this series, which have been prepared by the Benton & Bowles agency, present six typical ways in which advertising helped to "create the demand that boosts the production that lowers the cost." Many other examples might have been used; many other facts...
Politically, Quirino smilingly settled for a bland White House communiqué assuring the world that he and Truman had "discussed measures for the reinforcement and development of Philippine economy." The State Department showed only polite interest in Quirino's murmuring about a Pacific Union against Communism...
...hour conference with 15 Cuban bankers, his palace publicity office handed out a mimeographed statement signed by the bankers. "We want to contribute to the economic development of Cuba through mobilization of her own resources," it said. The bankers' proposal: a $35 million loan, at higher interest (4%) and with fewer incidental services than First Boston had promised...
Whether they would get the new-fangled equipment would depend on the caravan's success and the local voting on tax rates next month. One Malvern businessman said, "If folks could see for themselves what is available for schools, it wouldn't be hard to create interest in school support...
Profits & Pensions. Because stale stock ruined many a candymaker, Schnering sidestepped jobbers outside metropolitan centers, and developed a system whereby hundreds of truck-driving salesmen supplied Curtiss dealers. He spurred sales with profit & pension plans, and his 7,000 employees have never shown much interest in unionism...