Word: worth
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...faith in this nobler nature of man. It attacks not merely our Christian heritage but also our belief in the dignity of man here on this earth. The United States was founded by those who were persecuted abroad. It has grown, ever entrenching these beliefs in the individual worth of each character and the right of equal treatment and opportunity. It is an ideal.... But we have fought and died for it, and the greater the oppression the deeper goes the faith...
...then, there he was on the platform, that kindly smile, a twinkle in his eyes. The Vagabond thought of that wise saying--it's credited to Mrs. Hocking--that when Mr. Frost lectures, he thinks out loud, and his thoughts are worth listening to. He was thinking out loud now, ideas on college, "the four years of shelter from a hard world, the four years of beautiful leisure." The Vagabond remembered that it had been Mr. Frost who had told him that of all the things in college, only two were worthwhile for a person of artistic leanings, "sports...
...first year under the Katz management Gruen made $606,000. Last year (ending March 31, 1938) net profit was $726,000. Having retired all the com pany's debentures with these profits, be sides $150,000 worth of Class A preferred stock, Ben Katz last week decided to pay off Gruen's remaining $839,000 of Class A and B preferred by issuing new common stock. With a 1938 sales record that equals last year's, and with the market in the mood for new financing, he hopes to sell 150,000 shares at a price that...
Glenn Luther Martin looks like a Y. M. C. A. secretary and makes some of the world's most efficient bombers. In the first nine months this year, his company sold nearly $12,000,000 worth of airplanes and equipment, netting $2,000,000. But his stockholders have never drawn a dividend, all profits having been ploughed back into the company for plant expansion...
...Radcliffe girls, but he doesn't stand up against John Barrymore who really acts in spite of his absurd part as governor-politician who gains reelection by backing his successful college football team. "Broadway Musketeers" is slushy-sentimental and not recommended. A short on gliding and soaring is well worth seeing for those interested in that most wonderful of sports...