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Word: morely (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Succeeding governments have tinkered further with the law. As it stands now, at least 10% of net profits must be divided among employees according to their rate of pay. The bonus may not exceed two months' pay. Most prosperous employers consider one month's pay a minimum, and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fiesta! | 12/26/1949 | See Source »

Not yet law, but having the force of law, is the unwritten custom that the bonus should be spent before New Year's. That gave the workers a fine sense of irresponsibility, permitted some businessmen to get back in trade more than they had paid in profit-sharing, and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fiesta! | 12/26/1949 | See Source »

In his pine-paneled, air-conditioned office, Eugenio Garza, president of Monterrey's big Cuauthémoc Brewery, reached for the phone and began calling numbers in the city's well-filled business directory. What he had to say was brief and to the point: "Tecnológico...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: M. I. T. | 12/26/1949 | See Source »

A giant raffle for the school's benefit (with one local dealer donating three new cars as prizes) became one of Monterrey's big annual events. Grocers, butchers and other small merchants responded generously to campaigns aimed at giving all local business a stake in the school. With...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: M. I. T. | 12/26/1949 | See Source »

In the little town of Stuart, Fla., New York's ailing Mayor William O'Dwyer ended two months of speculation, rumors and denials by getting a license to marry Texas-born brunette Divorcee Elizabeth Sloan Simpson, 33, onetime model and more recently a department-store stylist. Miss Simpson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Tough All Over | 12/26/1949 | See Source »

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