Search Details

Word: thereness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

To the young Associated Press reporter in Chicago, the whole business had an odd smell-or rather, lack of smell. It was during the blazing summer of 1933, and Ray Brennan, then 25 and covering one of his first big stories, was facing Swindler Jake ("The Barber") Factor, who claimed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Nose for News | 11/30/1959 | See Source »

Besides those who directly hold shares in corporations, there are nearly 4,000,000 mutual fund and other investment company shareholders who indirectly own a piece of U.S. industry. Added to these are millions protected by corporate pension funds, which last year bought 30% of new stock issues. The United...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: The Rise of Stockholders | 11/30/1959 | See Source »

AT an age when most men are put out to pasture, Hall still operates like a one-man gang, working seven days a week, making the decisions, supervising every aspect of his business. "I used to think." says the lean, balding Midwesterner, "that when I got old, I would not...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: The Greeting Card King | 11/30/1959 | See Source »

Overriding all is what Hall wryly calls his "ten-point program'' for sales success: the first nine points are distribution. To get his cards into the stores and keep them there, he set up a sales system that replaced the helter-skelter collection of boxes under the counter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: The Greeting Card King | 11/30/1959 | See Source »

A waterfowl biologist for the Michigan State Department of Conservation thought he knew: "Elderly hunters are affected seriously by low temperatures. Anderson stood up for a better crack at a flock of ducks, and his legs were undoubtedly numbed and out of control. In balmy October weather, there would have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: The Hunters | 11/30/1959 | See Source »

Previous | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | Next