Word: stake
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Truck chassis with cab and stake body 610 525 Truck chassis with cab and platform...
...which his ancestor had established, now 147 years ago. The race had not been won by a member of his own family since 1787, when the 12th Earl secured the distinction. In 1924 fame overtook this ambition and the race was won for him by Sansovina. He gave the stake money ($53,460) to his trainer, the Hon. George Lambton...
...Berber tribes are shrewd and well know the value of their prisoners, two of whom are related to M. Theodore Steeg, French Resident General. The French, on the other hand, will never let it be known how much they pay for ransom, for their prestige is at stake, and prestige in Morocco is all important...
...views of Dr. Charles Holmes Herty, adviser to the Chemical Foundation Inc.,* who, in addressing the Salesmen's Association of the American Chemical Industry at the Machinery Club in New York last week, demanded that American banking interests "as good Americans . . . give thought to the matters at stake when they are called upon for foreign loans." "Selfish Bankers." Dr. Herty, his wrath mounting at contemplation of this "foreign menace to U. S. peace and prosperity," asked the chemical salesmen: "Are our bankers simply middlemen or brokers whose only thought is the commission they want. . . ?" He instanced this financiering...
Powerful and extensive are the diversified interests of the Swedish Match Co. It and the International make matches in 35 countries. On Dec. 31, 1926, net assets were $162,934,000. Much good accrues to them from the deal. Bargaining, they won a stake in the French market hitherto controlled by French monopoly. Match making machinery and raw products for match making are to be sold in France by the Scandinavian concern, their agreement said. In this new trade opening the International Co. is to share...