Word: raiders
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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President Whitney closed his speech with some remarks on the unpopular "bear raider.'' He denned this species as one who sells stock "not because he believes the stock is too high, but because he believes that by selling quickly and in great volume he can force the price to decline." Stung by the accusation that "bear raiders" were responsible for the last decline in the market Mr. Whitney gave figures to disprove it. On Sept. 21 the short interest of 3,697,000 shares was held in 9.369 accounts, averaged 400 shares each. "Transactions of the vast majority...
...novel cruise on a four-masted schooner yacht with Count Felix von Luckner, the famous German sea raider, as skipper, is being planned for a group of about fifty Harvard men during the coming spring vacation...
...neighboring territory, cannot be prevented, when once in the air, from doing serious damage. A defending commander can have no hope against the new fast bombers unless he has a long warning of their approach. Faster intercepting machines must be built. More perfect methods of heralding a raider's approach must be devised...
...Consul Speiser made a speech. He wanted to remind his dear friends, his honored guests, of those dear days when Tanga was one of the chief jewels in the Kaiser's crown. He wanted to remind them too that it was from German East Africa that the commerce raider Konigsberg, almost as spectacular as the Emden, started in 1914, and that it was not far from Tanga harbor that she was finally sunk with colors flying...