Word: doubledealing
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What fear Japanese competition has thrown into the Western World appeared last week in the annual report of the director of the League of Nations' International Labor Office: "Japanese industry has become the most formidable competitor in the world's markets. . . . Though Japanese exports have doubled in two...
Century Titans. When he died in May 1931, the fortune of the man who had intimately affected the destinies of John Pierpont Morgan, James Jerome Hill, Andrew Carnegie and many a lesser light was estimated as high as $500,000,000. Last week the State Transfer Tax Bureau appraised it...
Ever since the official revelation some days ago by the head of the Federal Alcohol Administration that more than half of the country's alcoholic output -- and consumption -- was of illegitimate origin, Government preparations for doing away with the admittedly nefarious traffic have been going forward at a high rate...
It costs about $1.50 to make a case (3 gal.) of raw whiskey. Barreling, bottling, casing and four years' storage are estimated to bring the cost up to about $7.50 per case. Taxes of about $11 make it $18.50. Wholesalers and retailers must cover operating expenses and license fees...
The boy swung at him with his fist. For all his 70 years Messenger Parker dodged nimbly, doubled up his fists, prepared for battle. A policeman arrested the striker.