Word: productivity
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...romantic era. This change of attitude consists of a shift of emphasis from the idea of an artist as a man removed from the ordinary course of life by his inspiration and genius to the conception of an artist as an excellent workman--one who intends his product for use in every-day life. It is an ideal very close to that of Bach who wrote his cantata and his chorale prelude for the next Sunday because that was his job, and, as a good workman, he did his job as best he could in whatever situation he found himself...
...consumer educators was by Harold S. Sloan (brother of General Motors' Alfred P. and head of the Sloan Foundation). He declared that Stephens taught consumers to practice "economic statesmanship" by reminding them that each time a consumer chooses between a hand-made and a machine-made product, between American and foreign goods, he casts a vote for a particular kind of economic system...
Moldiest of all, however, is the fact that Czecho-Slovakian economy rested on its ability to import raw materials and export the finished product. Now that it is brought inside the closed Nazi economy of warfare, Czecho-Slovakia can no longer fulfill its economically useful purpose. The same thing happened after Anschluss, but fortunately for the Reich, Czecho-Slovakia, unlike Austria, can feed herself. Best hope for Czech as well as Austrian industry is that Dictator Hitler will soon grab some backward, goods-consuming neighbor States. Otherwise it goes without saying that the Czech standard of living will be lowered...
Advantages claimed for this are prevention of moisture losses (hence weight losses), prevention of "freezer burns," long periods of storage for quick-frozen foods at higher (hence cheaper) temperatures. For its product Dewey and Almy has chosen the name "Cryovac," which means cold and empty...
...instead of diversifying Celotex's product, he took a flier in sugar, bought up swamps and plantations in Florida and Louisiana. Depression took the Florida properties and in 1932 Mr. Dahlberg's Celotex went into receivership. At this point, looking far from Napoleonic, Bror Dahlberg met quiet Wallace Groves...