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Keynote excerpts: "In the midst of panic, ot Depression, of insidious corruption, and cynical sacrifice of the common welfare for the profit of the exalted few, Democracy has kept the faith. . . . Its day has come...
...store, however, is making profit enough" asserted the manager, "to be able to pay the same dividends that were declared last July, that is ten per cent on cash purchases and eight per cent on charge accounts. $89,000 was distributed among 9,238 members after the stockholder's meeting last October...
...hoped that other Houses will follow the example which Lowell has set. The fact that Dunster is planning a similar exhibit indicates the popularity of the plan. A few good works, selected with discrimination, will afford as much pleasure and profit to the average student as will a whole museum...
...helped reorganize many a defunct or tottering enterprise: Union Bag & Paper Corp., American-La France Fire Engine Co., Norfolk Southern Railroad, Intertype Corp., Dictaphone Corp., Ansco Photo-products, Inc. Twice he and his friends had working control of Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad, sold out both times at a profit. Backer Swartwout said Fisk's plans for a new selling campaign would not be ready for several months...
...deny or explain is too easily twisted into something else. In the present case, however, that charge cannot be made. Criticism was baseless from the beginning, since the University only acceded to the mayor's request on condition that the arrangement be legally approved, and further renounced any profit from the enterprise. In the face of these facts, further comment is unnecessary...