Word: solicit
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...proxy war for control of the Alleghany Corp., the holding company that controls the New York Central and Investors Diversified Services, went to Murchison interests. Court ordered Alleghany Chairman Allan Kirby (TIME, Dec. 12) to turn over list of stockholders to Brothers Clint Jr. and John Murchison to solicit support for taking over the company...
...shown in political clubs results from the personal ambitions of their members and not from desire to perform service for the Harvard community. This aim to to perform services should be basic to the Student Council, but is not important to "more openly political organizations"--until they decide to solicit votes for professional politicians or even student politicos...
...late now to blame Belgium for not training the men, to blame Congolese for incompetence, or to blame the climate of the times for giving the Congo its independence before it was ready. To pay for all his operations, Hammarskjold has $5 million in cash on hand, plans to solicit contributions from the U.N. members including Russia -which, since it voted for all three resolutions that took the U.N. into the Con go, should be hard put to refuse some financial support...
Better Offer? Central directors will meet this week to decide on the deal and what price they will pay. They will have to hustle. The C. & O. has already hired Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith to solicit B. & O. stockholders to accept its offer. The C. & O. will exchange one share of its common (worth about $63) for each if shares of B. & O. common or each share of B. & O. preferred. Perlman said his road is in a position "to make a better offer...