Word: helpful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...week's end, though Madame Chiang had a promise from Harry Truman that he would see her, there was no official indication that the Administration had budged from its belief that there was almost nothing it could do to help China...
...genial Santa Claus paraded in front of the Denver Dry Goods Co., carrying a placard: "Please Don't Shop Here. Help Santa Bring a Christmas Pay Raise to Denver Dry Employees." He was a picket for the A.F.L. Retail Clerks Union. Muttered the Rocky Mountain News: "Isn't anything sacred any more...
...holding my bags introduced himself. "I am Eduard Witschey, the burgomaster," he said. "We understand that you have come to see how Marshall help works in our village." With a glance at the banquet table, he added: "I thought you would like to meet some of the people of the town. The Queen's Commissioner will be a little late...
Both Mijnheer van der Meulen's increased production schedules and Burgomaster Witschey's civic improvement plans are regarded as encouraging in Nijverdal. But "Marshall help" means something more personal than that. A slippered housewife made the point succinctly. "From 1931 to 1936," she said, "there wasn't much work at the mill. Jan dug peat. Almost the whole town dug peat. If Jan loses his job again, I don't think we would get over...
Questionnaires have been sent out to all local firms as a part of a systematic study of the business community. The Association has already enlisted the help of the Business School in finding new ideas for improvements, and the problem may be studied in business marketing courses...