Word: whereases
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Last week all utilitarians breathed easier when Jesse Jones and his directors stepped out of Public Utilities Securities and Floyd Odium of Atlas Corp. stepped in. Alert Investment Truster Odium had bought Utilities Power & Light debentures at bargain prices, watched them double in value. Since no holder of utility securities...
"To the average Frenchman the mental picture of the Englishman is generally subordinate to his mental picture of the Englishwoman. The latter is not a flattering portrait. It is the picture of a thin, rather weather-beaten, extremely ill-dressed old maid, clad in sensible check garments, and threatening taxi...
"By an unusual combination of circumstances the bill fell into the hands of uninflammable men. . . . None of them felt called upon to go forth and make a brawl of it. ... The result is a bill which is fundamentally stronger than the first draft, a bill which is not a victory...
How it would profit Germany to cut the export price on Mercedes cars or whatnot is explained by the fact that the subsidy would be paid in marks of which the German Government will always have plenty, whereas the cars would be paid for in dollars good anywhere on foreign...
No one admits more readily than a good psychologist that psychology is not an exact science. Whereas in a few departments its methods may approach mathematical precision, in others, like research on character and personality, the procedures are just reaching the point where results of any clarity at all are...