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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...medical museum. Byrne opposed the idea and, anticipating an early death as all giants do, planned cunningly to outwit the scientist. When he drank himself to death in London in 1783, aged 22, a London newspaper reported that "the whole tribe of surgeons put in a claim for the poor departed Irishman and surrounded his house, just as harpooners would an enormous whale." But Byrne had arranged with friends to cart his body to the Irish Sea, to weight it and sink it in deep water. Hunter, a Scotsman, learned of this, pursued the undertakers, cannily bought the body from...
...total, as against the nine-tenths it enjoyed nearly 40 years ago. Continental's share was estimated $95,000,000, one-fourth the total. Thus American is about twice as big as Continental and together they do 75% of the U. S. can business. National Can was a poor 3% third with sales...
...this poor year the can makers unanimously blamed the Robinson-Patman Act, which forced revision of their contracts with can users. For once that much-debated measure brought lower instead of higher prices to consumers. Since the law tends to make big and little customers pay the same prices, the general rule is to bring quotations in line by boosting prices to the big customers. In the can business, where the big customers are very big, this rule apparently could not be applied. It is too easy for the big canners to make their own cans, as Heinz and Phillips...
Despite their poor showing in these games, however, the trackmen may not do so badly this Spring; for while they will not stand a chance in the Pentagonal or ICAA competition in the dual meet they should stand up a little better, especially against Dartmouth, last night's winners, whose team is full of great wide gaps that will show more in dual competition...
...Helen appear a gawk. Franzi fell in love with her at sight, and for keeps. The scheming mothers put the best face on the matter they could, but Sophie could never forgive -her daughter-in-law-elect. To Son Franz Joseph she said: "Sisi is very nice, although the poor child doesn't know how to hold a goblet." And in truth Sisi was country-bred, had to learn painfully how to be regal. Franz thought her perfectly delightful but gave her little hints...