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Attacks upon companies by stockholders who fear their dividends may be passed are not uncommon. Unusual in the Harpell attack was the fact that he was only a policyholder, fearful that when he died the Sun could not pay his beneficiaries. The Insull and Kreuger investments to which he referred were the Sun's holdings in Middle West Utilities bonds and International Match preferred. If the cost of these securities was $26,000,000 as abusive Mr. Harpell said, they would still represent a small fraction of Sun's total investment account which last December was carried...
...tight-fitting khaki and an officer's hard cap. His Majesty faced for a few brave hours the homage of mongrel natives in Massawa (where 112° F is not uncommon in October). Finally, with beads of perspiration standing out on his mustache, Italy's King repaired with relief to the special train that was to carry him up to Eritrea's high, cool plateau...
...procedure not uncommon in U. S. newspaper offices is what is known as "kidding the pants off a story." Last week the Press of Chicago, as if sensitive about its reputation for glorifying crime, elected to "kid the pants off" a murder trial...
...supply Poland with 300,000 tons yearly. The U. S. sells to all comers, principally Canada and Japan. The latter has recently been a heavy buyer. Some of Director Schwartz's best efforts have been in raising the tone of the trade. Ten years ago it was not uncommon for a steel mill to receive a carload of scrap "top-dressed" with meaty chunks of good steel that concealed a load of bed steads, old fenders, tin cans, other metals and alloys which would ruin a batch of steel. One dealer foisted off a shipment of pipes filled with...
...favorite pastime of the employes at this pear station was to use the rat-kangaroo as a target while it sat motionless in the glare of a carbide light. It was not uncommon to kill several in an evening. The wallaby also suffers from this type of sport. A score in one evening was considered a goodly kill...