Word: amassing
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...wealth. Nearly 30 years ago John Harvey invented a precooked breakfast food. The brothers manufactured it together. When its sales earned them big money, Dr. John Harvey insisted on spending the money on sociological activities-child welfare, public health, race improvement. Will Keith insisted on letting the business amass a fortune before giving the money away. His viewpoint was that business should be the benefactor of society. His brother's view was that business should be the servant of society. Their ultimate purpose was the same-giving away their fortunes...
This six-way dissipation of the Dorrance estate by no means slices it into inconsequential lots. Even one-eighth represents a sum few men amass. For filing of the will indicated that the total...
Worcester Academy ended Andover's nine year supremacy in schoolboy track to amass a total of 51 1-2 points and win the Class A championship in the 45th Annual Harvard Interscholastic Track Meet held in the Stadium Saturday afternoon. Jack Healey and Frank Gleason of Worcester were the individual stars of the meet and won the title for their school collecting 25 points of their team's total score...
...plumbing fixture tycoon ("Kohler of Kohler''), candidate for a second term. Intense, eloquent, bushy-headed like his father, Brother Phil inaugurated his Progressive leadership by trying to drive a spike of corruption into the candidacy of Governor Kohler. Last year he signed a court complaint, helped to amass evidence, that Governor Kohler had grossly violated the Wisconsin Corrupt Practices Act by excessive campaign expenditures to secure the Republican nomination and election...
...victors were not unscarred by battle, for their determination to amass a controlling majority of NAT stock sent the price soaring. During the first quarter of this year, the price range was between 11 and 25¾. United paid as high as 30 to gain its end. Finally they were forced to give one share of United for three of NAT. (United's original offer was one-for-three-and-one-half...