Word: may
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Buddhists believe in reincarnation and, therefore, that life ceases never. When a Buddhist becomes enlightened and good he may himself become a Buddha. Then he reaches Nirvana where there is rest and surcease from the pains of life and death...
Easterners know that Los Angeles has outstripped San Francisco in population, in recent fame. They may not know that in 1928 San Francisco bank clearings totaled more than $11,000,000, largest west of Chicago, fifth largest in U. S. Of the 100 largest U. S. banks (1928) there were 30 in New York, 11 in Chicago, 8 in San Francisco. Home of Bank of Italy, central bank of the Giannini system. San Francisco shrugs its shoulders at cinema and citrus, argues that from the standpoint of stable commerce, of sound finance, of industrial prosperity, that the glitter...
Total stock to be issued will probably not greatly exceed $1,000,000,000 in par value. But the offering price of the new stock may well be $150 per share, the same U. S. common which once was water and which the late great Judge Elbert H. Gary had already expanded by a 40% stock dividend shortly before he died in 1927. The new capitalization also removes the last traces of Carnegie; for although he had provided that some of the bonds should never be retired, most of the holders of the special Carnegie bonds have agreed to cash...
...moral effect of their crusade. As far as immediate profits are concerned testimonial campaigns have been almost universally successful. They are an obvious and easy solution to the problem of what-to-say-about-a-product. Yet should a pronounced sentiment against testimonials develop, originators of advertising ideas may pay more attention to What's What and less attention...
...stocks of European Ford companies; the other 40% was to be sold to citizens of the countries concerned. It is said, however, that Mr. Ford was shocked and grieved to find that U. S. brokers had gobbled up a large portion of his Ford of England stock. He may perhaps wish his other European Fords to be independent of Ford of England, to be free from the touch of Wall Street...