Word: uses
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...wonders why, even tho his pro-German sensibilities were wounded, Mr. Bouton found it necessary to use such discourteous language as is found in his opening and closing paragraphs...
...economic situation. Is Violence the Way Out? In this he aligned himself definitely with the working class in the capital-labor fight. By some method Labor must eventually triumph, and a completely new order of society must be established. But it would be folly for labor to use violence to attain...
...Chrysler does not ignore the lead with which General Motors starts the contest. But he sees no limit to the markets over which the two motor-monsters can struggle. Last September, he visioned a world which is learning the uses of the automobile: "It devolves upon the United States to help to motorize the world. . . . Road building is taking root in Australia, vast Africa, Spain, South America. . . . Every new development, highway, railroad, steamship line, building operation, whether it be a drainage project in old Greece or a new water system in Peru, means an added use of the automobile...
...those days, 35 years ago, a machinist had to know not only how to use his tools but how to make them, if necessary. Mechanical engineering became young Walt Chrysler's life, not his profession. After a year he was able to make the model steam engine which he still shows to his friends. When he was earning 7½? per hour he wanted a shotgun; so he made that...
Appearance (to please ladies) remains the chief car-selling point. Next comes speed; then brakes, pickup, durability, price. The cheaper cars developed a new market during 1928 among people who own luxurious cars and can use an auxiliary gadabout...