Word: stake
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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From the beach, factory executives in shirt sleeves, mechanics in overalls watched the new 52-passenger ship as she swung out past Point Loma. Among them, none watched more intently than Engineer David Richard Davis, because none had a bigger stake in her than he. For David Davis had designed her slim no-foot wing, had calculated on the drawing board and in the wind tunnel that it was close to perfection...
Ford, whose philosophy is based on low prices and big volume, took his time shopping for his 50,000 tons. For weeks he dangled the bait until big time steelmen forgot that the price of 1,000,000 tons was at stake, enough to keep U. S. continuous rolling mills busy for more than a month, while 50,000 tons add up to a couple of days' work.* By October 1, steelmen were in a competitive lather...
...Odessco Productions, Paramount release) is an awkward attempt to crash the back door of the cinema industry. It is notable as the first effort of a new producing company headed by Bernard Steele and Stanley Odium (son of Investment Truster Floyd Bostwick Odium, whose Atlas Corp. has a large stake in Radio-Keith-Orpheum and who reportedly put up part of the $350,000 it cost to make the picture in Astoria...
These bonds, plus $12,000,000 in pre-fair revenues, represents the actual stake of the corporation in the venture. On this promotional outlay, much of which is likely to be recovered, the businessmen of New York may well reap a good return...
...competitive bidding for contracts. But it is quite possible some insiders stand to profit handsomely from the real-estate boom in Flushing that is sure to come. In any case, there is likely to be little muckraking before the fair is over: the City itself has too big a stake...