Word: tasks
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...liking for Mr. Ford, because of his autocratic methods and because the commission he allows them is the lowest in the industry, 17%. Before the War Mr. Perry (not yet Sir) quit Mr. Ford, served 1916-18 as director of foods, farm machinery, and later put through the enormous task of disposing of Britain's War salvage...
...added: "What is probably more significant is that during our task of adjusting wages to secure uniformity* we found it necessary to substantially increase the minimum wage at our Antwerp factory. . . . The response of the worker was almost immediate and was displayed by a reduction of the minute costs. . . . In Denmark, where we pay the highest wages in Europe, we find the lowest unit costs...
...study of the existing conditions is a different type of task, partaking somewhat of the nature of research. The rate at which dust is deposited at various places and under varying conditions must be studied. This accounts for the relatively coarse dust particles, but it gives only the aggregate quantity collected in a given place over the period of test. The next step is to study the nature of this material with a view to determining. If possible, where it came from. This involves chemical and microscopic study of the dust collected...
...meeting in the New Lecture Hall at 9 o'clock on Thursday morning members of the Class of 1933 will officially enter upon the task of determining their field of concentration, when they gather to hear addresses on this subject from President Lowell, Assistant Professor J. P. Baxter 3d '23 of the History department, and Delmay Leighton '19, secretary of the Committee on the Choice of Electives...
Adding the resources, striking new balances, is a comparatively easy mechanical task unless, as happened in 1926 when Chase and Mechanics & Metals were merging, in the middle of a merger the Comptroller of the Currency should suddenly call for a statement of condition. But - adding the personnels together is difficult and baffling. Working for the three banks are some 450 Big Bankers and Little Bankers. To combine them, the directors last week created a new position for the No. i Banker, befitting such a high command...