Word: strengthening
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...said: "Mr. Coolidge will be voted for in the Kansas City convention whether he is placed in nomination or not." President Coolidge did not call Mr. Hilles back to reprove him, nor was any quietus put upon the transparent ballyhoo in Chicago, the immediate purpose of which was to strengthen a State ticket frogged up by Mayor Thompson and his discredited comrade-in-expediency, Governor Lennington Small...
...Cars. Robert M. Calfee of Cleveland, attorney for the Peerless Motor Car Corp. said: "The Peerless Company under the present proposal does not contemplate the merger of the three companies [Peerless Motor Car Corp., Jordan Motor Car Co. and Continental Motors Corp.], but plans for mutual benefits which would strengthen each in the automobile industry. We have tried to work out a plan which would be beneficial to all three companies." That indicated a grouping of interests. However President R. W. Judson of Continental Motors at once said: "We expect to maintain our position indefinitely as an independent manufacturer...
...should be in good trim for their game with Boston College on December 9. Three football players, W. R. Harper '30, J. E. Combs ocC., and S. C. Burns '30, who have had a two weeks' respite following the close of the football season are now out and materially strengthen the team...
...Raskob's banquet he said: "Installment selling has increased production, stabilized output, reduced production cost and increased purchasing power. The installment plan induces the consumer to look ahead with greater care and to plan his economic program with a higher degree of intelligence. It not only tends to strengthen the motives which induce an individual to pay, but also influences his capacity...
Prince Carol, he went on, was convinced that there is a growing movement for a Republic. "Every day's events strengthen the Prince's con victions. Hence his desire to return is merely an expression of his anxiety to strengthen the Regency...