Word: staking
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Stake. In St. Louis, when a holdup man took his last $40, Grocer Max Levy protested that he needed some change to continue with the day's business, got $5 back...
Neither Hal Ulen nor Tiger coach Howie Stepp will pay much about the contest. Both need a win tonight, as upper-bracket standing in the Eastern Intercollegiate League is at stake. Princeton will have the benefit of being at home in its spanking new Dillon pool--the most ultra-modern dixiecup in the east. The Crimson, on the other hand, has a somewhat better record this season and possibly the edge in material...
...chance to keep within reach of the Eastern Intercollegiate League swimming championship will be at stake at 8:15 p.m. tonight when an underdog Crimson team meets Army in the Indoor Athletic Building. If Coach Hal Ulen's boys win, they will probably go into the Yale meet undefeated, as they did last year...
Last week, Laurance Rockefeller, who meanwhile had upped the stake of himself and his brothers in McDonnell to $400,000 and one-fifth voting interest, had further proof that his gamble had paid off. In Muroc, Calif., McDonnell gave the public its first look at the Voodoo, a single-seater, twin-engine plane which the Air Force hopes to use as a combination fighter, fighter-bomber or bomber escort...
...though the value of his original stake had tripled, tall Laurance Rockefeller (whose Princeton '32 classmates voted him most likely to succeed and third "most pious") was not sure how long he would keep all of his McDonnell stock. The paradoxical reason: the once risky McDonnell bet now looked too safe & sound. As head of Rockefeller Brothers, Inc., a unique research and investment house, Laurance and his brothers are only interested in enterprises that offer genuine risk. When the companies are well established, the brothers think most of their money should be taken out for other speculative ventures...