Word: outlooks
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...with action, such as driving or camping or dancing. If the college could enter a wedge into the customs of the country by instilling at least in the student the habit of reading good books, it would confer on society a benefit of very great value. At present the outlook in the colleges is far from hopeful. The student reads in his room less and less. As a rule he shares his rooms with one or more friends, and when they and their acquaintances drop in--as they are wont to do--studying becomes out of the question. More...
Hence, after all these alarums and excursions, the money outlook in America is still for stable and relatively low rates. This in turn facilitates stable security prices and commercial prosperity...
...retail outlook for the coming Christmas is bright. Moreover unlike the famous "silk shirt" Christmas of 1919, the buying promises to extend to many sorts of articles, instead of simply to luxury products. Most of this cheerful outlook is based on present conditions of high employment and high wages...
...well to suspect business prospects which are intensely and 'completely favorable. After the past year of good business, with such new factors as tax reduction about to stimulate prosperity still further, many business leaders are pinching themselves to see if they are not engaging in lovely dreams. The outlook in some ways seems too good to be true...
...cent cigar had disappeared, and consumption of cigars declined to about 6¾ billion. Even yet, not quite 7 billion cigars are consumed each year. One consequence of the situation has been that cigar-makers alone among tobacco manufacturers have experienced hard times. Now, however, the cigar outlook is growing brighter...