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Less intricate to anybody but a bookkeeper was the thorough house-cleaning he gave the company. His first move was to let his employes ride with him in the elevator; his predecessor, Charles B. Seger, had risen to his office in solitary splendor. Mr. Davis told his men to work from nine to five, as he did. He toured the company's antiquated plants and gasped: "They're making tires like they made the pyramids!" He installed assembly line methods, introduced the "merry-go-round" (semicircular tire-building track), eliminated the "one man, one boot" system...
Today, perhaps two dozen of the "too many elms" which displeased Lowell are still standing. As old trees have died, replacements have been made in order to maintain the "classic shade." The University spends thousands every year in maintaining the splendor of the Yard's ancient trees...
...examples of towns Dr. Giedion used Paris, Bath, Nancy, and Versailles. "The importance of Versailles doesn't lie in its royal splendor but in its clear approach to the problem of human living," he said...
...Harvard band increased in splendor and magnificence Saturday as it displayed new concoctions before the 45,000 at the Army game. For the benefit of the West Pointers, a human bullet was shot out of a huge animate machine gun with revolving drum...
After a magnificent banquet in Palazzo Venezia, Béla toasted Benito as "one in whom shines the splendor of an ancient and ever-renewed Latin spirit!" Benito shined up Béla, and as the champagne went round it was conveniently forgotten that one of the chief purposes for which the Protocols were made was to help maintain the independence of Austria. Reputedly last week Hungary was sounded in Rome on the proposition that Yugoslavia, with whom Italy has ended her ancient feud, may shortly be asked to join the bipod, making it again a tripod. Keeping all Hungary...