Word: laddered
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Beefy, jovial Howard Simpson, 57, is one of the nation's few top railroaders to rise through the passenger department. He started as a clerk with the Central Railroad of New Jersey and hit almost every rung of the ladder on the way up to assistant general passenger agent. He joined B. & O. in 1931 and started grooming for the presidency a year ago. Said Simpson: "I plan no changes just for the sake of change...
...Ladder. Mrs. Dougherty's analogy, diffuse as it was, indicated how many a farmer explained away the paradox of disliking Government interference while voting for more. From 1920 on, U.S. farmers fought relentlessly for a standard of living on a par with that of city dwellers. The first real attempt to help them on a national scale, the McNary-Haugen bill, got through Congress, but was vetoed by Calvin Coolidge in 1927 and again in 1928. The Agricultural Adjustment Acts of the '303 finally began to raise the farmer's position on the U.S. economic ladder During...
...Turkish and South Korean soldiers leaped from the tailgate or climbed down a blue ladder to freedom...
...Roman animal. ... It is not my fault if the King is half-size. Naturally he won't be able to do the parade step without making himself ridiculous. He will hate it for the same reason that he has always hated horses-he has to use a ladder to climb...
...venture capital. Now high taxes have not only made it almost impossible to accumulate giant fortunes, but the growth of organized labor is bringing about a redistribution of U.S. wealth. The share of total personal income (after taxes) going to people on the top 7% of the economic ladder dropped from 27.4% to 18.3% from 1939 to 1948. The bottom 93%, on the other hand, increased their share from 72.6% to 81.7. The purse strings of capitalism are Being passed to the hands of the "little man." Why does he pull the strings so tight when it comes to buying...