Word: muchly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...College. Examining contemporary society, Dr. Dewey's followers conclude that: 1) a world-wide struggle is being fought beween democracy and dictatorship; 2) the U. S. is a "depressed society" and will probably continue so for many years; 3) rascism is rising in the U. S.; 4) not much time remains to do anything about...
...schools may accomplish it without delay is not easy. It is, in fact, too difficult for Rugg & Co. Their 530-page book reviews hopefully the spread of Progressive Education in the U. S. but concludes that Progressive Education has not gone far enough, that U. S. schools must function much more democratically and study contemporary problems much more realistically than any school does today...
...Temporary National Economic (Monopoly) Committee functions much like a group of expert Big Apple dancers. After a spell of general activity, the bulk of the committee clears the floor, applauds politely while one of its members cuts a particularly fancy caper...
...where Farnsworth licensed Baird Television Ltd., and in Germany, where he licensed Fernseh A. G. But though the U. S. was the home of Philo Farnsworth and the adopted home of his sole peer in television, RCA's Vladimir Kosma Zworykin, television remained something U. S. citizens heard much about but seldom saw. Last week the U. S. heard something more about television: after twelve years Philo Farnsworth was to have his own manufacturing company with two factories and over $2,500,000 in cash behind it, one of RCA's major executives at its head. And vast...
...McKinsey, who had never before held a corporate job, was nothing if not drastic. He lopped off the losing wholesale business entirely, along with 1,600 employes. He reorganized the management of Chicago's Merchandise Mart, each of whose first 19 floors contains six acres of floor space, much of it vacant. He consolidated the manufacturing division's 24 mills, marked out a sweeping program for it. About all he did not alter appreciably was Marshall Field's retail division, which had lost money only once in 50 years...