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...investor who had paid hard cash for securities would have his return on his actual investment cut far below 6% -perhaps to a fraction of 1%-for securities are bought at prices based on their earnings; but the amount of profits a company would be allowed to keep would depend on the number of dollars previous investors had once put into the business...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TAXATION: Henry & His Hatchet | 10/6/1941 | See Source »

...these and do not overlook the fragmentary remains of such creatures as worms, starfish, sea urchins, etc. When oilmen strike a wildcat gusher, they sometimes spend from $1,000 to $2,500 for an analysis of the microfossils which characterize it, so that finding another such well will depend less on luck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Fossils to Gasoline | 10/6/1941 | See Source »

...example, and into the Red Sea, with airplanes, tanks, guns and food for Allied forces in Africa. Others plough the Pacific to Australia, India and the Straits Settlements, come back deep-laden with rubber, tin, wool, hemp. For its trade links with Latin America, the Good Neighbor program must depend on U.S. ships...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SHIPPING: War Boom | 10/6/1941 | See Source »

Hours for canvassing depend on the student's free time, but preferably between 4 and 8 o'clock...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 35 STUDENTS HELP CIO ORGANIZE MEN | 10/3/1941 | See Source »

...England's coal supplies depend mainly on water shipments. If any colliers are withdrawn for Navy or other defense uses, no one knows how the coal will be moved, even if the fuel-oil shortage (which would increase coal needs still more) proves a mirage. And New England's coal movement also normally depends on winter chartering of extra ships, which are not available this year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Peak Around the Corner | 9/29/1941 | See Source »

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