Word: packed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...consumer. Philip Morris to maintain its fixed price policy must either absorb the tax or reduce its famed dealer profit margin. So far the dealer has either absorbed it or charged 16?. Philip Morris may therefore be forced to use a stunt it tried before-giving dealers one pack free with every carton they buy, thus compensating the reduced profit margin...
Price & Dealers. The crux of Philip Morris' selling is its 15? price. Its rivals allow price cutting (such as two packs for a quarter). Philip Morris never does and swears it never will. In some States price-maintenance laws insure this policy; in others Philip Morris relies on its good dealer relations to maintain the 15? price. This price stability assures dealers their approximate 2? per pack profit margin with Philip Morris and they tend to push it harder, give it better displays, etc. Conversely, with its prices rigid at a high level, Philip Morris has more money...
...dignified letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee, signed by Chief Justice Hughes and approved by Liberal Brandeis and Conservative Van Devanter. pointing out that while Justices may be old they are not necessarily slow, always leave their docket in apple-pie order. This year the Justices went off to pack for their vacations, having disposed of 1.012 cases, leaving 78 on the docket (compared to 65 last year) to be heard when they reconvene next October...
...Texas, Homer Martin of the C.I.O. and Communist Earl Browder as other non-lowans who had unrighteously butted in by endorsing Mr. Wearin. He referred to his vote against the President's Supreme Court bill as "my crime . . . which has brought down upon me and my candidacy this pack of political wolves from all over the United States...
...fight fans turned out to watch his well-publicized antics. But they made him a 4-to-1 underdog, in spite of the fact that he had never been knocked down in his eight-year career, had knocked out his four most recent opponents (Al Ettore, Leroy Haynes, Lorenzo Pack and Charley Massera...