Word: soft
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...burning pile of soft coal in the basement of Beck Hall, in front of the Union, called out the Cambridge Fire Department and attracted a crowd of spectators at about 11 o'clock last night...
When Prohibition ended many a U. S. investor believed that soft drink corporations like Coca-Cola would suffer, while companies making ginger ale and carbonated water as "mixings" would greatly benefit. Last week this belief was definitely exploded when Coca-Cola common marched into a new all-time high of $200 a share and Canada Dry Ginger Ale sank to a two-year low of $8.75. Canada Dry's directors had cut the quarterly dividend from 25? to 10? a share. White Rock Mineral Springs Co. sold off to a three-year low the week before when its directors...
...Coca-Cola, which has successfully weathered every change in public taste for 48 years, Repeal had no effect. Whereas the average soft drink begins to lose favor after five years, Coca-Cola has shown no sign of fading vogue since a patent medicine man named Pemberton first concocted it in 1886. Every management that takes control makes more money than its predecessors. The Candlers of Atlanta, who got the company in 1892, rose from humble druggists to become one of Atlanta's richest families. Asa Candler sold out for $25,000,000 in 1919 to a group of Georgia...
...Little Snow Princess' is her favorite title," reported a doting correspondent of United Press, "because she adores winter sports. She has ash-blonde hair, a Cupid's bow mouth, the heavy eyelids of a dreamer, wide, dark, unplucked eyebrows, and a soft round face. Her eyes change from sea green to deep blue according to her mood. She is tall and slim and carries her clothes well. Her reserved manner has a regal touch about it and she is probably at her best in court dress. She is an ardent horsewoman, automobilist, swimmer, tennis player, dancer, well trained...
...Lastly and perhaps most important at the moment, Mr. Morgenthau apparently hoped to give a fillip to the Treasury's $2,378,000,000 refunding program, launched last fortnight. Public response to the exchange offers has been slow. If any headlines could harden a soft Government bond market, none would be better than REDUCTION OF PUBLIC DEBT. Day after the announcement Government bonds declined...