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...that he not only allows political opposition in the country, but, unheard of in most Dictatorships, allows himself to be criticised in the public press and refuses to accept any salary. Actually. Hippolito Irigoyen not only dictates the policies of Argentina, but, distrusting most of his ministers, attempts to perform most of the routine work of the country himself...
Method: Mr. Marchand hires a big hall, plasters his posters around town, delivers lectures on the newest developments in U. S. business. Sometimes he uses industrial cinemas donated by prominent manufacturing concerns. Sometimes he has his corps of assistants perform a little drama on the stage intended to show the right and wrong way to do business. Classic Marchand example of commercial wrongheadedness is the case of Wrigley's chewing-gum when first introduced into England. Britons would not chew until the word gum?which signified nothing but raw rubber?was changed to "sweet...
...perform. He's too busy. He avoids a fight as long as possible. But when it becomes the only alternative, he gives 'em hell...
...would assume the entire burden of enforcement . . . or create an enormous police force. . . . True, there is no legal way of compelling state legislatures to enact enforcement statutes or to compel state authorities to aid in enforcement. ... In those states which have repealed enforcement statutes and whose authorities do not perform a proper share of the work, there will continue to be grave deficiencies in enforcement. Where such conditions exist, they are a matter of choice with the states...
...machine, on the market next week, will doubtless throw scores of color matchers out of work. It will perform their function with more exactness, will cost less and, biggest advantage of all, it will not depend on daylight for its accuracy. The heart of the machine, invented by New York University's able young physicist Dr. Harold Horton Sheldon, is a photoelectric cell...