Word: sizes
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...agreement should be not upon global tonnage but upon the size of individual ships in the various categories and upon the tonnage used by each nation in each of these categories...
Until that far-distant time, however, "Roxy" amuses himself with arranging tremendous stage-performances, augmenting the size of his orchestra, drilling his ushers in Marine fashion, giving great "Roxy" parties for children, and mouthing happily over the radio. Indeed, energetic and young-appearing at 47, never until last week's confession would one have thought that "Roxy" walks under the shadow he described so feelingly, interrupted only by baiting from unsympathetic stockholders...
...this may be, last week's deal gave Bond & Share a large wedge in the European utility situation and placed it in a position to compete with the melliferous Sofina (Société Financière de transports et d'enterprises industrielles), which is second in size only to Bond & Share, operates throughout Europe and in South America. Sofina is a vast holding company controlled by the Dannie Heineman interests of Belgium, and also linked with the potent Gesfurel (Gesellschaft für Elektrizität), likewise in a competitive position with the new company...
...armament program to arouse boundless enthusiasm now. Personal contact and friendship, if confined to educational circles alone, has not in the past and probably will not in the future shake the foundations of petty and selfish patriotism. Nevertheless, while supposedly enlightened nations are busily engaged in determining the size of future engines of destruction, these voices from Geneva are worthy of recognition and at least a tempered skepticism...
...lead the world. More than half the U. S. business is done by its three biggest companies: du Pont, Allied Chemical & Dye, Union Carbide & Carbon. Excluding du Pont's investment in General Motors, the total assets of these three come to $585,718,000-or nearly twice the size of the Garvan-feared I. G. Farben-industrie...