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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...more specific definition would be, that part of manufacturing which takes the raw material or semi-finished material, and carries it to the stage which makes it ready for delivery to the customer. Production, thus, is really a process of development of some material, making it ready for the use of those who-will require it, either in process or for consumption...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: In the Business World | 3/11/1929 | See Source »

...janitor who thought it had already come and took the day off yesterday, along with the steam in the radiator, changed his mind on that score. It took every one of the hitherto purely ornamental logs in his fire-place to thaw out his typewriter enough to use, so before it solidifies again he hastens to add that any such comments are hereby postponed to a later and he hopes not too much later, date...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Student Vagabond | 3/11/1929 | See Source »

...White House. He also took: an engraved golden gridiron from the Gridiron (press) Club; the official picture of his Cabinet autographed by each member; a microphone on a stand built to his measure by the National Broadcasting Co. (Mr. Coolidge, surprised by this last minute gift, said he could use the stand to take his breakfast on); and his final monthly pay check from the U. S. Government ($6,250); contracts to write articles for the Cosmopolitan and American magazines, and the Ladies Home Journal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Takings & Leavings | 3/11/1929 | See Source »

...general fields of production, distribution, and office work; second, from the point of view of specific businesses--particularly those which have been in the habit of coming to Cambridge for seniors, with the thought that they will take them into their organization, and after a period of training, use them in whatever capacity they seem to be best adapted...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: In the Business World | 3/9/1929 | See Source »

...golf squad will still be able to make use of the eight memberships held for it at the Belmont Country Club whenever more extensive grounds are necessary. But the inconvenience of using this course has always been a serious handicap, and the latest move of the Athletic Committee will overcome some of the most serious obstacles in the way of making provision for golfing enthusiasts and bestirring interest in such a popular and prominent sport...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RECOGNIZING GOLF | 3/8/1929 | See Source »

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