Word: obtained
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...sought exclusive representation. The Convention finally decided that competition between the two companies is stimulating to college advertising, and therefore passed a resolution, the tenor of which forbids the solicitation of accounts by one agency which are already carried through the other in order to encourage the agencies to obtain new accounts which have not yet come within their scope...
...much extra revenue, for collectors often buy a new issue of-stamps as they come off the plates, and thus present the Government with so much gift-money. And when "errors" occur such as an inverted head, or an omitted numeral, enthusiasts are willing to spend a fortune to obtain the curiosity. Such a stamp, with the picture of an aeroplane upside down in a 24 cent frame, has been valued at 1000 dollars per copy...
With this evil distraction ever-present how can the eager student obtain the seclusion essential to great, solitary minds? To test out my theory, I went to the Copley Plaza this evening where Boston's social life centres in all its worst aspects. I had determined to show my complete unconsciousness of all that stupidity of convention which these people affect. I wore my usual quiet air of assurance and my customary yellow flannel shirt (I should have preferred my other one,--which is more appropriately black,--but that I left at the Comrades' headquarters in New York) which...
Less hard-headed were the views attributed to Mr. Ford in the Michigan State Senate, where he was quoted as planning to build a factory on every small waterpower site he can obtain in that state, and thus give winter employment to farmers at city wages, which all comes back to the fact that running the Ford Motor Company is one thing and courting the farmer vote is another. Mr. Ford is undoubtedly the world's premier automotive manufacturer. As the savior of the American farmer, however, his practical efficiency is yet to be established...
...interest among members of the University in the meeting and that many students have already indicated their intention to attend the gathering. Under the leadership of W. E. Crosby Jr. '24, the chairman, the committee will continue its work intensively during the rest of the month and try to obtain for the Crimson delegation 100 men, the maximum membership which the University representation will be permitted to reach. All men in the University are eligible to attend the conference, whether or not they have been approached by the committee, and any student interested may obtain detailed information about the gathering...