Word: profit
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Edgar C. Lucas of Augusta, Ga.: In reply to your inquiry relative to recently enacted legislation. . . . Those who favor it . . . are those who profit by it. Those who are indifferent are so in ratio to their ignorance of what is happening. Those who oppose it do so because they . . . are cognizant of what is going on. . . . I wonder about the social security of any or all of us when the Government penalizes thrift, ability and industry; and seems to place a premium on extravagance, the shiftless, the mentally, physically and morally unfit. . . . I wonder concerning your place in history...
...still stalled. Last week ingenious Statesman Stimson, in an open letter to the Press, clarioned: "All the elements for moral leadership for this crisis lie in the hands of the President. He has but to use them. ... I for one do not believe that . . . sordid attempts by Americans to profit out of the bloodshed and horrors of war represent the true feelings of the American people. If they do, God help...
...despite these encouraging statistics. Electric Bond & Share itself made only $9,264,973-hardly more than enough to cover its preferred dividend and poorest profit year of the entire Depression period...
...apathy, with regard to the actions and intrigues of the international traffic in arms is surprising to any one who realizes the dangers into which this traffic threatens to lead them. It should be realized that it is foolish to suffer certain groups of persons to derive personal profit from the death of millions...
...fact, at present the Harvard student taking French A becomes very learned in all aspects of French except the most useful ones. French A may well profit by the fine example of its sister course, German A, which, besides a strictly technical knowledge of the language, also gives instruction in conversation and in the German way of life. Such a balanced course prepares the student to use the language in practical situations as well...