Word: losses
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...tommyrot among the full grown men at Harvard. Although residents of Revere and Malden have been sure that the Minnesota Ford V-8 seen on the parkways and sidestreets of those towns belonged to the Indiana sheriff-slipper, Apted was inclined to chalk such accounts up to profit and loss, and took the opportunity to tell of his ideas for the country's need of a national unified police force. "If this country had a unified police system, men like Dillinger would never exist," the famous detective is quoted as saying...
Harvard's prospects for a successful track season have suffered an almost irreparable blow in the loss of Eddie Calvin, stellar dash man and broad jumper, as the result of an attack of scarlet fever early this year. The speedy Junior, who has been working out steadily since his supposed recovery, is still very weak, and has not been able to round into any sort of form...
Boston University is bringing up a veteran nine composed of all letter men and will try to repeat their 10-8 victory of last year. Both teams have been held up by the late spring and Coach Mitchell was further handicapped by the temporary loss of Nevin and Gleason by injuries. Gleason seems to have come along faster than Nevin, whose arm still bothers him. Because of Nevin's hitting ability Mitchell has been trying him out at almost every position on the team, and is sure to find a spot for him on Wednesday. The former catcher was hitting...
...week Gummaker Wrigley again made news by announcing a $1,000,000 employes' "assurance" plan. "In talking with workers in our factories," said he, "I discovered that their chief worry is not the amount of their pay or the length of their day, but the specter of sudden loss of work.'' With its stockholders' approval, William Wrigley Jr. Co. arranged to pay workers receiving $6,000 or less per year between 60% and 80% of their working wage during layoff periods. Unlike most labor insurance schemes this one called for no contributions from workers. The money...
...with a knife. . . . The death of a Turkish bridge or rail, machine or gun, or high explosive was more profitable to us than the death of a Turk. . . . We could not afford casualties. . . . Our ideal was to keep his railways just working, but only just, with the maximum of loss and discomfort to him. . . . We used the smallest force in the quickest time at the farthest place...