Word: options
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...spring of 1933, said he, an option on 90,000 of the 175,000 voting shares of New York Shipbuilding had been secured by Bernard ("Ben") C. Smith and Thomas E. Bragg. At the mention ot those two famed speculators, the Senators sat up and took notice-wondering audibly whether the rise in that stock from $3.25 to $22 in five months' time had anything to do with those weird gentlemen's operations. The tale went on: Speculators Bragg & Smith came to Mr. Manning to ask whether Mr. Cord would take a half interest in the majority stock...
...Hotel, as French diplomats in London always do, deeming its food the best in the city. That night Premier Flandin and M. Laval were obliged, however, to eat amid the stuffy splendor of Londonderry House because the Marquess and Marchioness of Londonderry have what amounts to a permanent social option on Prime Minister James Ramsay MacDonald and any celebrity guests of His Majesty's Government...
...York Coffee & Sugar Exchange could not get enough sugar to fulfill December contracts of 26,450 tons (TIME, Dec. 31). The AAA quotas for Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the Philippines had been filled for the year. Cuba had given to U. S. refiners what amounted to an option on the rest of the Cuban quota. Surplus sugar accumulated from other years was not tenderable in fulfillment of Exchange contracts. So the shorts caught in the squeeze defaulted, were ordered to liquidate their contracts with the long interests at 2.08? per lb. cash, which the Exchange claimed was the last spot...
Having recognized the uselessness of the elementary language requirement lot the University abolish it. But in requiring a reading ability the administration should not neglect the importance or usefulness of the Classics. French, German, Latin, or Greek should be the option...
...parent Morrow company. The American Tobacco lease is pledged as collateral for the bonds, which were issued in a reorganization several years ago. Outstanding in practically the same amount as the theoretical value of the lease, the bonds become due & payable the instant Mr. Hill takes up his option...