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...dancing minstrel. Most competitors thought these two items were finished. Marx proved them wrong: he sold 16 million. Now he has 14 factories spread from Erie. N.Y. to South Africa. Marx has the knack of picking "hot" new toys, and mass-producing old standbys to cut the price and broaden their markets. Samples: roller skates for $1.60 (v. $4 for some other brands); electric trains for $8 (v. $17.75 and up for Lionels...
...grand tour to finish off my education, like Bacon once said. Nothing like education to broaden one's sympathies and all that business. I visited the Suez Canal and Korea, so when I read about them in the papers now, I can at least remember what they look like...
...country for "scholar-athletes," it is argued, Harvard could field a respectable football team each year without resorting to paying players or lowering its academic standards. But this sort of program must be carefully watched. Attempts to get more good all-round students to apply to Harvard and thus broaden the base from which the admissions committee can choose are ipso facto desirable. But misdirected efforts which unbalanced this broad base in favor of football players or any other group with specific technical skills would just as surely be undesirable...
...prophet with honor, was soon radio's wonder boy, teeming with ideas. Why not, he proposed, put radios and phonographs in a single cabinet, save space, cut costs by using the same loudspeakers? Sales of such combinations soared. Why not start a radio network to improve programs, broaden the market for sets? At Sarnoff's urging, RCA founded NBC and the Red network. Two months later, the Blue network was added...
...month for a B.S., $375 for an M.S.), but advancement can be fast. Once a man breaks ahead of his average age & salary group, his name will pop up on a "skimmer chart" which Greenewalt constantly consults. That man is then moved around departments to broaden his experience. Greenewalt is a good example. In six years, he shot from $10,800 to $362,760 a year (including bonuses), last year earned $539,000 (including a $400,000 bonus). By paying bonuses to all employees who do an outstanding job, Du Pont makes sure that every man's work...