Word: soundingly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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When 28 French Republican deputies sat down to their breakfast coffee and croissants* early last week, each found a large crinkly letter from Geneva in his morning's mail. Innocent and refreshed after a sound night's sleep, not one Republican deputy saw anything untoward in the fact that the large crinkly letters were embossed on the stationery of "Foreign Minister Lamidaeff, of the Kingdom of Poldavia." They saw nothing strange in the fact that Poldavians were in financial difficulties, and they found Minister Lamidaeff most thoughtful in not asking for money, but merely for an expression...
...salability, the Eastman tinting is described as giving scenes ''colors conforming to their emotional content." Two makes of talkies (R.C.A. and Western Electric) have their sound records on the edges of the films. Hitherto, if a film was tinted it interfered with light passing through the sound track, distorted the sound. Experiments were made with tinting only the visual portion of the film. The method was successful, but expensive. Then efforts were bent to securing tints that would not affect the light passing through the sound record. This has been achieved so that there is hardly any perceptible...
...stock, borrowing the other $300 from a bank or subsidiary company, with his stock as collateral. He would then repay the $300 at the rate of $25 a month. Thus might small-capital men, instead of spending on the installment plan for radios, motors, refrigerators, invest in installments in sound "rich-men's" securities...
...oldest, best established and most widely accepted method is through lobbying. The next step led to an effort to increase the number of small stock holders, who would naturally support the company in any conflict with the state. This also has been recognized as a sound and fair business method. The most recent efforts, however, have taken on a different form, and have been directed towards capturing public opinion. The newspapers and schools, as the most powerful mediums in this field, have felt the business man's hand in no uncertain way, and in both cases exploitation took place under...
...meeting also took action on the question. A committee of three Seniors, composed of A. S. Woodworth '29, chairman, A. E. French '29, and Hulburd Johnson '29 was appointed to look into the matter and report to the committee at its June meeting. An effort will be made to sound out the undergraduate feeling and find the best possible solution...