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Word: stilles (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...cannot remember squash or salsify, he wins only $2, and the remaining $4 goes into a jackpot. Near the program's end the candidates get a chance to share the jackpot by writing answers to a Toughie (e.g., Name three State capitals named after Presidents). If there is still no winner, the money goes into next week's pot. Biggest jackpot thus far, a three-weeker...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Spring Tryouts | 6/5/1939 | See Source »

...turned in June, was on its way up in July (although reported several weeks late its trend can generally be anticipated from weekly figures on various industries). Last week the Board's index reported a six-point drop for April, and May production was guesstimated at 90, June still lower...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MARKETS: June Boom? | 6/5/1939 | See Source »

...booming in the flying business. Of its stockholders, General Motors is the largest, holds 23.8% of its shares. What Ben Bendix's holdings amount to, the three plaintiffs hope to find out. Most of his friends, who are used to seeing him find a way out of difficulties, still doubted that Bendix would have to go through bankruptcy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PERSONNEL: Biggest Blow | 6/5/1939 | See Source »

...Brain Trust is Assistant Secretary of State Adolf Augustus Berle Jr. Short, dapper, arrogant, well-heeled Berle is a child prodigy who still likes to head the class. He is all at once: 1) analyst-extraordinary of corporate finance (The Modern Corporation and Private Property, 1932), 2) intimate of New York Muckraker Samuel Seabury who is backer of Republican Tom Dewey, 3) adviser to Franklin Roosevelt (whom he calls "Caesar" to his face), on everything from railroads to Munich...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOVERNMENT: Last Word | 6/5/1939 | See Source »

...still heads the companies that sell the world these many devices ought to be a multimillionaire, but last week three creditors filed suit to put him in bankruptcy. For, outside of manufacturing, Ben Bendix, now 58, has had reverses since 1929. Among them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PERSONNEL: Biggest Blow | 6/5/1939 | See Source »

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