Word: options
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...creditors refuse to compromise on this method, the farmer would continue in possession of his farm, pay a "reasonable" rent and at the end of six years have the option of repurchasing his, farm at an appraised value approved by the courts...
...long distance from Chicago one Ivan D. Spears, promoter, arranged a rendezvous with Papa Dionne about exhibiting the quintuplets at the Century of Progress. Promoter Spears flew to Orillia, Ont. Papa Dionne motored there with Father Routhier in the Parishhouse Ford. The offer: $100 per week as an option until the quintuplets can be put on show. Thereafter 30% of the gross side show receipts go to the Dionnes, another 7% to Father Routhier. But Dr. Dafoe objected: "They are not going to be moved from here...
...past few years the laboratory work of the course has been culminated by practical laboratory examinations for all students. This year a group of twelve ranking students were given the option of a contest instead of the customary examination, and prizes were offered to the winners. Each man was given a list of compounds to be prepared under the supervision of a committee of judges on Thursday. Various dignitaries of the Chemistry Department attended, and the contest was marked by exceptional displays of technique by all the competitors...
...Senor Patino is not satisfied with his high Bolivian holdings. In Malaya are tin mines producing more than his, where ore can be produced for shipment more cheaply than in the Andes. Two years ago he got two options on a million shares of British Tin Investment Corp., a holding company. Last week he snapped up one of these options. With his stockholders' approval he began buying 860,000 shares outright, took options on 298,000 more, all at a total cost of ?808,042. If he takes up his last option he will own some 33% and working...
...When his option on 100,000 shares of Ward stock at $11 per share was criticized, he explained that a ''committee" had offered it to him and he had merely said: "Satisfactory." With Ward selling last week at $28 per share Mr. Avery already has a $1,700,000 paper reward for hoisting the company...