Word: premiums
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...field at all. It is not enlivened by the lectures as some History courses are, and he will find that it has no direct bearing on any future occupation. Many in the field plan to go to law school after graduation, but the Harvard Law School places no premium on concentration in Government, rather encouraging concentration in other fields such as Sociology and Philosophy...
...construction, General Foods Corp. sold 150,000 shares of new preferred stock. Offered at $101 a share-through 39 underwriting firms headed by Goldman, Sachs & Co., Lehman Brothers, Brown, Harrison & Co., First Boston Corp., Smith, Barney & Co. and Kidder, Peabody & Co. -the issue promptly went to a premium at $104, was oversubscribed in an hour. C. One of Myron Taylor's prescriptions for U. S. Steel Corp. when he was elected its finance committee chairman in 1927 was a realistic appraisal of its funded debt. In 1929, in the biggest industrial refinancing in U. S. history, he wiped...
...With a premium on speed, immediate Rightist objective last week was to capture by surprise the gigantic hydroelectric Tremp station, before the Leftists should make again their standard move of dynamiting a big dam rather than let it be captured. In a panting, breathless five-mile drive, Rightists under General José Moscardó got possession of Tremp in time's nick, for otherwise the flood of water released would have swept away whole villages, drowned thousands in 247,000,000 cubic feet of water...
...present there is a committee of representatives from the universities and ball clubs investigating the problem of sponsored college ball-players with a report forthcoming next year. With demand for new talent at such a high premium, the big leagues are all indulging in this practice with the philosophy, ably expressed by Collins, "If we don't get him, 101 others will be after...
...rushed by the horde of Freshmen which pours into and crowds every table and chair. These times are the rush hour at breakfast, luncheon, and dinner. They not only strain the speed of the service to the utmost, but also place its accuracy and good-naturedness at a premium. No waitress nor student waiter can be expected to remember all the fine points of the individual orders of eight, twelve, or sixteen men. Nor, under the pressure, can any one expect that he or she should accept criticism of his or her efficiency with complete indifference. Making...