Word: taping
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...kill" was almost too literal but poetic justice must be served--two yards from the tape, as Lightbody drew up even with his opponent, Millet stumbled and fell in a sprawl on the pock-marked boards. The time was 3:32, not brilliant because of the mishap in the first quarter...
...Tape-Cutting. Statesman van Zeeland knows that every effort thus far to secure international economic collaboration has bogged down in a quagmire of "preliminary negotiation," "'fact finding" and "research by official experts." Therefore last week he emphasized that "on most of the points . . . prolonged studies have been undertaken," and therefore "plans for putting them into effect could be quickly drawn up with the assistance of specialized organs such as the Economic and Financial Committees of the League of Nations, the Bank for International Settlements, the International Chamber of Commerce, the International Institute of Agriculture, et cetera...
This indisputable evil is counterbalanced by numerous advantages which make the o-t-c market virtually indispensable. Since most exchanges will not accept new security issues without much red tape, counter trading is their primary market.* It is also the primary market for buying and selling huge blocks of securities. On the New York Stock Exchange, sale in one deal of $10,000,000 in bonds would cause tremendous speculative excitement and price fluctuation. On the o-t-c market, it passes unnoticed. Secretive firms, loath to disclose their finances, also prefer to have their securities traded on the over...
...Sorlien cased through his trial heat in the 300 to make a qualifying second place, and in the finals he came in third, Hobart Lerner '40 felt as he rounded the first turn in his trial heat, Gaining his feet he raced on barely to be nipped at the tape for the qualifying second place position...
...manner expected. Old-times Joe McClusky held the lead most of the way, Lash hanging back--once in fourth place. As Joe pimped around the last curve it looked as though the crowd's favorite was going to win, but Lash whipped out and around to break the tape first, ahead of McClusky. This was the most exciting race of the evening, though Lash's time was comparatively slow, 9:4.6, over six seconds behind Lash's record...