Word: money
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Under the leadership of men like Senator Borah the American people have gradually been forced to the realization that a great deal of money is being spent every year in attempting to infuse them with a definite set of ideas subconsciously through various methods. The protest has not come because of any direct activity of this nature but due to the fact that a great deal of it has been carried on underground...
...third criticism concerns the $100 deficit. "After scores of debates," the editorial states, "some with paying audiences of five hundred, the Council faces a ledger with one hundred dollars on the wrong side." The Council began the year with $20 in the treasury. It engaged in nine home debates. Money was lost on six of these. Two just payed for themselves. On one--that with Boston College--$79.00 was cleared. This year's financial experience was typical, and not unusual, as the editorial would lead one to believe. By its very nature debating is not a profitable motivity. Harvard...
...electrical equipment. Inasmuch as Associated Electrical Industries is about one-third owned by International Electric Co., and as this latter corporation is a subsidiary of U. S. General Electric, it seemed at least possible that Sir Hugo might find himself indeed entangled in the tentacles of the U. S. Money Octopus. Rumored negotiations between British G. E. and Associated Electrical Industries were last month denied, but Sir Hugo's unsuccessful attempt to keep British G. E. stock from U. S. holders was said to have resulted in a resumption of merger conferences...
...mother as a wedding present, slaved till the end of her life with little or no pay, while the Master was writing tomes about the exploitation of the working class. Friend Engels was at Manchester holding down a job and scheming how to get hold of more and more money. Marx's letters to Engels had one refrain: "Lend me?" Eventually Engels sold his interest in a textile business, settled an annuity of £350 on Marx, moved to London to help him still more...
Best current pictures arranged (A) according to merit, (B) according to the money they made last week: (A) The Passion of Joan of Arc- superb silent study of a saint's trial and death. The Divine Lady-Admiral Nelson ashore. Alibi-skillful, authentic crook-play with dialog. The Letter- Maugham melodrama with Jeanne Eagels and good synchronization. Madame X- marks a spot where old-fashioned melodrama becomes good entertainment. (B) The Broadway Melody (records everywhere); The Wild Party ($30,500 Granada, San Francisco); Weary River ($26.300, Strand, Brooklyn); The Barker ($25,000, Loew's State, Los Angeles...