Word: potently
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Young could not so easily dissociate himself from the Hero's role. Men-in-the-street might ignore him but in Washington he was being closely eyed by many a potent fellow Democrat as a possible presidential nominee three years hence. Last fortnight the Democracy dined at the capital in the name of harmony. The orators mentioned no names as 1932 candidates but among the diners one name was persistently whispered back and forth-Owen D. Young. He had, all admitted, done a great thing at Paris-a thing which could surely be dramatized for use in party politics...
...which is the game between producers and publishers. When the two sides are evenly matched, producers get themselves or their products or services mentioned in public print, without charge, in exact proportion to their news value. Determining that value is, of course, almost entirely up to the publisher. A potent factor, however, is retaining the producer's goodwill so that he will buy advertising space. Feuds arising out of the Free Publicity game are often as not entirely within the publisher's province, between the advertising and editorial departments of publications. But when publishers as a whole feel...
...present time nearly 25% of all automobiles sold in Italy are of U. S. manufacture. Knowing the Italian character, Italian fear of ridicule and notoriety, Rome correspondents last week agreed that the proposed list of "automobilistic snobs" would be more potent than any tariff...
Motorcycle figures showed that the European, outclassed in four-wheel locomotion, is potent in two-wheel travel. Of a world figure of 2,262,932 motorcycles, only 121,656 roar and bounce through U. S. territory...
Largest U. S. alcohol company is United States Industrial Alcohol Co. But U. S. corporations interested in alcohol include potent E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. The du Pont Company owns 50% of Eastern Commercial Alcohol Corp. Last week U. S. Industrial Alcohol Co., expanding, planned to purchase the other 50% of Eastern Commercial Alcohol Corp. The purchase was to be made from National Distillers Products Corp., which also controls Kentucky Alcohol Corp., second largest U. S. alcohol company, and Old Time Molasses Co. It was also expected that these two subsidiaries would be included in the sale...