Word: abruptly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...showed that the then French Ambassador to Rome, Rene Besnard, had received large sums from Oustric after recommending this same company for listing on the Bourse. Andre Tardieu still remained unsullied personally last week. Cynics wagered that any more damaging testimony would bring the entire affaire Oustric to an abrupt close...
...curtailment. Tin. Attempts to curb tin production have been hindered by the rivalry between Bolivia and the Far East, and the introduction of much modern equipment into the latter territory. In London last week the world's tin producers met, sought to limit production. Silver. An abrupt decline in silver has accompanied the drop in other metals, but this is due more to developments in the currency situation. Last week Irving Trust Co. blamed Great Britain for the drop in silver, saying it was caused by putting India on a gold standard. Causes? Great economists differ on the question...
Ordinarily such a report would have been issued in advance, allowed to "sink in," but there was a reason last week for Lord Passfield's abrupt action...
...corporate history few changes have been so abrupt, so disheartening as the performance of American Agricultural Chemical Corp. In 1920 American Agricultural was a market-leader earning $11.21 a share. In 1921 it lost $38.60 a share. Since then, prey to fluctuating fertilizer prices, it has sometimes shown small profits, usually reported losses. Last week, however, it girded itself for an attempt to come back...
...Vagabond's cool and rather quiet summer spent in the fastness of a Greenland valley has come to an abrupt close. Cambridge with its heat, dust and Tercentenary-isms, he must admit, is rather an abrupt change from the invigorating freshness of the Arctic summer. But it seems that the season for vagabonding has begun once again, so the pleasures of a past summer will have to join the shows of yesteryear and the present situation dispatched as efficiently as possible...