Word: gainful
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...imposing of uniform procedure on all agencies would act "as if we should average the sizes of all men's feet and then buy shoes of only that one size for the Army." Under the bill, any citizen substantially affected and displeased by a ruling "has everything to gain and nothing to lose" by suing in the D. C. Court of Appeals. If he loses, he may wait until the rule is again involved and sue in some other court. A series of individuals might sue again & again over the same rule. An epidemic in Federal territory could...
...voting power. The compromise: capitalization would be slashed from $490,953,630 to $322,692,250, fixed charges from $14,368,842 to $7,000,000 (1937 net railway operating income: $13,614,008). With new bonds, common & preferred issues in exchange for their holdings, bondholders would gain voting control of Erie while C. & O.'s interest would dwindle...
These people, to give but one example, have the possibility of pocketing up to 160 percent dividends from the ammunition industry. They say that if these German methods gain ground and prove victorious all this will stop. They are right. I believe six per cent sufficient...
...letter sent to N.R.O.T.C. students states that "men who have other plans for the early summer may have to make some sacrifice of personal plans or financial gain in the interest of the national defense and of their own efficiency...
...Chain stores, which have been cutting into department-store business, gained likewise. Woolworth, for example, averaged only 4.8% above 1939 in 1940's first ten months: its November gain...