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...Duggan of New York City was elected Secretary-Treasurer with a large margin over Alexander Donald who got the next largest number of votes...
...championship was won by a narrow margin. The sophomore contender for the title played a brilliant game throughout the match and won two games out of five by the scores of 15 to 11 and 17 to 16. Wright, however, who is in the first position in Class A and who defeated Callanan of the Harvard Club last Saturday in one of the hardest fought matches of the year, was more consistent and finally won the necessary three games by the scores 17 to 15, 15 to 11, and 15 to 7. Wright will be awarded the Union Championship...
Amid feverish excitement the vote was taken. M. Herriot, President of the Chamber, feared it would be so close that he descended to the floor contrary to precedent and cast his ballot for the measure. The count gave M. Briand a bare majority of six-a margin so slim that except in an emergency the Cabinet would have felt called upon to resign...
...continue, however. Before the Deputies had considered even half the bill in detail, it was obvious that an utter impasse had been reached. Despairing, M. Painlevé saw his measure go down by the slender margin of 275 to 278 when a vote was taken on the the much criticized Fifth Article, envisioning a virtual moratorium on the short-term Treasury bonds falling due next month (TIME...
...last few years there has been almost an epidemic of temperance-drink companies, following in the highly successful wake of Coco Cola of Atlanta. Once considered local and insignificant concerns, they have sought capital in the Wall Street financial markets. Speculators are now accustomed to buy White Rock on margin or-if they dare-sell Canada Dry Ginger Ale short. Some of those temperance-drink shares have done very well by their holders in this year's stock market. Recently the Welch Grape Juice Co. for the first time since February, 1921, resumed common stock dividends by a payment...