Word: offing
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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"Third, that in spite of the widespread opinion to the contrary, the Federal Reserve Banking System has been successful and has proved to be an important factor in stabilizing financial conditions in this country.
"Fourth, that advertising is now an influential means of molding public opinion. This profession has now reached such an advanced and scientific stage in its development that it is a logical means by which the people of the country can be convinced that, contrary to their present opinion, business is...
"Fifth, that the argument that the falling-off of our foreign trade will prove ruinous is ill-founded for such trade only constitutes 5 percent of the total. What little stoppage there may be in this field, therefore, is of little or no consequence and will have no noticeable effect...
"Sixth, that recently the standardization of manufacturing processes has been increasing with such amazing rapidity that there has been a considerable reduction in the cost of commodities. This is a permanent influence of no mean importance and should not be slighted in any consideration of the future of industries, in...
"Ninth, that rapid progress is being made in industrial education with the result that the men employed in industrial plants are much better trained for their tasks and are performing them with far greater efficiency. The trade schools that are now established in all sections of the country are accomplishing...