"Managing director" Quotes from Famous Books
... the patent of Mr Carl Lamm, Managing Director of the Roetebro Explosive Company, of Stockholm, and is licensed for manufacture in England. It consists of a mixture of nitrate of ammonia with di- or tri-nitro-benzol, it has a specific gravity of 1.2 to 1.4 in its granulated ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise • P. Gerald Sanford
... monopolized the greengrocery trade and now owned nearly all the fruiterers' shops in the town. As for the other shops, if they did not buy their stocks from him—or, rather, the company of which he was managing director and principal shareholder—if these other fruiterers and greengrocers did not buy their stuff from his company, he tried to smash them by opening branches in their immediate neighbourhood and selling below cost. He was a self-made ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists • Robert Tressell
... not over hours, not over shop conditions, but over the recognition of the union. Pig-headed managing directors stood firm against recognizing the unions. Then the government stepped in and settled the strike and has compelled the owners of the plant to remove the managing director and to put in men satisfactory to the workers! Labour now is beginning all over Europe to formulate a demand for a place in the directorate of industries. This place in the directorate of industries is demanded that labour may have an intelligent knowledge of the profits of a business so that ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — The Martial Adventures of Henry and Me • William Allen White
... and burgoo of the Three Hours for Lunch Club was held, the club's medical adviser acting as burgoomaster and Mr. Lawton Mackall, the managing director, as jest of honour. The news that Lawton was at large spread rapidly through the city, and the club was trailed for some distance by an infuriated agent of the Society for the Deracination of Puns. But Lawton managed to kick over his traces, and the club safely gained ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — Plum Pudding - Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Seasoned • Christopher Morley |