Word: tenth
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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That afternoon most of the great bankers of New York gathered on the tenth floor of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Specifically, their meeting was precipitated by the run on Bank of United States. But actually the run was only the climax to weeks of silent withdrawals, months of rumor, two attempts to merge Bank of United States with three other banks (TIME, Dec. 8). Only two days before the run, it was announced that the second attempt to merge had failed...
...five fences behind them, the horses crossed the first ditch and had their tails to the stands. The horses going fast in front were falling at every jump. Julius Fleischmann's big chestnut gelding, Irish Lad, threw his jockey, staggered on a little farther, fell dead. At the tenth jump Red Gold fell on his head and hurt himself fatally. Eric Atterbury, codesigner of the course, was thrown from Kilbairn and had concussion of the brain. They were more than half way round before Alligator, who had been running ninth, began to move ahead. Shrewd Charles Plumb...
...large Common Room half an hour before dinner to meet the alumni of his school. Carrying out the schedule arranged at the outset by Professor Coolidge, there has been a high table every Monday night since the first one, which was held Monday, September 29. This is the tenth in the series, which will continue throughout the college term...
...floored him twice in the fourth round, bashed his vainglorious, boyish face into a bloody muddle. McLarnin, half conscious, streaked with blood that oozed from his eyes, his nose and a cut in his lower lip, fought back with courage. He won the ninth round and staggered through the tenth somehow. Winner Petrolle may soon be matched with Lightweight Champion Tony Canzoneri, to whom recently-before Canzoneri won his title-he gave a hearty drubbing...
...Boothville people are wealthy," said Artist Brown. "Every tenth house is a poolroom or saloon and they have four or five dances a week...