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Because Adolf Hitler denounced and violated the Treaty of Versailles (TIME, March 25), underwriters of London's ubiquitous Lloyds did a brisk business last week insuring against war in Europe at distinctly shorter odds...
...Backbone of International Business Machines Corp. is the famed Hollerith electric tabulator, but I. B. M. also does a brisk business in meat grinders and sausage slicers. Last week I. B. M. reported that earnings last year were $6,597,000 against...
...Brisk farm trade last spring boosted International Harvester Co.'s orders. Drought whittled them down. But Harvester finished the year in the black for the first time in three years with net profits of $3,949,000 against a loss...
...pleasant to walk airily up Holyoke Street these brisk spring mornings, once again convinced that the world is essentially round, and its Creator in His appointed place. Humming a measure or two from Mendelssohn, one crosses Mt. Auburn Street, headed Yard-wards. But as one's gaze falls on the new University Parking Place, the smile of joy is likely to vanish from one's face...
...uniform. Tearing through the streets in motor cars, they rushed to the Salamis naval arsenal. A high ranking officer shot the sentry dead. Five warships including the two finest in the Greek Navy, the armored cruiser Averoff and the cruiser-minelayer Helle, were tied up at the arsenal. A brisk skirmish took place with the loyal garrison, but the ships were finally able to load shells...