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Word: steele (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...McGraw, like myself, probably smiled at the imaginary situation, and was reminded of the fact that steel and iron pipe, guilty as it might have been in an advertisement, has performed an indispensable service. Credit, not blame, is particularly due to steel and iron pipe, chiefly the former, for many things Mr. McGraw, myself and millions like us, enjoy today. Without steel pipe, there might be plenty of oil today, but beyond reach. There would be no flivvers for there would be no gasoline. There would be few, if any, modern water works, supplying pure water so inducive to health...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 7, 1927 | 11/7/1927 | See Source »

...expect a brass advertisement to sell steel and iron pipe? That would be brass on my part...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 7, 1927 | 11/7/1927 | See Source »

Alkaline Cell. Lighter, but giving less than one and a half volts, is the alkaline cell which Thomas Alva Edison perfected. This contains a caustic potash solution; thin sheets of nickelplated steel contain shallow pockets. Pockets of the positive plate are filled with nickel peroxide mixed with a finely flaked metallic conductor. In pockets of the negative plate finely divided iron is mixed with the same metallic conductor. (Originally, in both plates, the conductor was graphite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Priest's Battery | 11/7/1927 | See Source »

...stocks were beaten down to lower levels in trading on the exchange last week. General Motors had announced record earnings. Yet this major stock closed last week's sessions at a decline of 14% points from its high for the year. Slumped also these leading issues: U. S. Steel, General Electric, Houston...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Wall Street | 11/7/1927 | See Source »

When the American Iron & Steel Institute met in Manhattan last week there was no Judge Gary to conclude his ritual lecture by saying: "Gentlemen, the meeting is now in your hands. Whom do you want to hear from?" The answer was always the roar: "Charlie!" The judge and all others present knew that the "Charlie" was for Charles Michael Schwab, Chairman of the Board of the Bethlehem Steel Corp. But Judge Gary was dead two months (TIME, Aug. 22). He could not prime the iron & steel men's cheers for "Charlie." There was no need. In Judge Gary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Schwab Elected | 11/7/1927 | See Source »

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