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Carbon tetrachloride (CC14) is one of the simplest of chemicals and one of the most potent. It is a great fire extinguisher, a powerful pesticide, will dry off dew-shorted spark plugs, and is such a versatile solvent that it will vaporize the grease stains out of a dress or tar from the rug in no time...
...firm that would have paid him $10. At the time, Interstate, which had been formed by a 1928 merger of three Midwest department-store chains, was having a rough time trying to fight its way out of the Depression. And while the company struggled to stay solvent, Cantor rose steadily through a series of management upheavals. He became president in 1952, well aware that he had "a very sick company" on his hands. He prescribed heavy cost cutting and an all-out push into the then new wave in retailing: discounting...
...only three concerts its first year. It charged the astronomical price of $1.11 a ticket (the going price for 20 Ibs. of beef). Unlike the Vienna Philharmonic, though, which was founded the same year and forced to suspend operations several times in the 1850s, the New York Philharmonic stayed solvent...
...hour of 8:30 a.m., presumably to give the more friendly afternoon Bulletin his side of the story. He announced that he lost $15.5 million recently, that bankruptcy "could come at any minute," and that he needs about $7,000,000 in cash right now in order to stay solvent. He blamed his woes on a combination of "tight money" and his own "bad planning...
Carroll will be taking over a financially solvent and smoothly running Press. He said yesterday, "My endeavor will be to continue and strengthen the significance and importance of the Press as the publishing arm of the University...