Word: optional
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Granted there is much to be said for the type of socialism which the compulsary 21 meal contract involves. If an option were to be given for 10 or 14 meal contracts, the rate for the full 21 would have to be raised somewhat is order to lower the rate to any extent for the limited contract basis. But it is not purely a question of those who can afford paying for meals they do not eat in order to help those who cannot afford. Because of the diversity of the groups involved and the position of the administration...
...doubted that he could afford to run PM unless he could erase its losses (up to $15,000 a week) in the first few months of operation. "I'll be editor & publisher," explained McKinnon, "but Field will still have a minority interest, which I'll have an option to buy. The staff is so overloaded it's pathetic. The whole thing lacks coordination and spark. I will strive to present the news as it is, not as we wish it were. PM will continue to be a liberal paper, but will not be a left-wing paper...
Tomorrow's meeting may end in a specific recommendation to the Alumni Association and Associated Harvard Clubs, a fence-stradding dual option, or a postponement of any decision. A definite suggestion is most likely...
...Business Administration. There in his first year he copped top honors and a scholarship. He went to work for the May Co. and was making $50,000 a year as merchandising manager when he decided to join Broadway. The chief bait: a share in the profits and a stock option deal that may make him (if he succeeds in his promise to double the store's profits) a millionaire within three years...
...Holland's largest corporations is the Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., a $440,000,000 concern. An estimated one-fifth of its stock, or $45,000,000 worth, is held by U.S. investors, who, like the Dutch stockholders, have first option to buy any new shares issued. Last week the company announced a whopping new $114,000,000 stock issue. But the Dutch government, by means of new currency controls, virtually froze U.S. investors...