Word: bearer
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Half a century old, the American Bar Association convened last week at Buffalo; heard itself praised extravagantly by Commerce Minister Maurice Bokanowski of France and George K. Montgomery, staff-bearer of the Montreal bar; took satisfaction from the presidential address of Charles S. Whitman, one- time (1915-18) Governor of New York; and settled to its business...
...Bale of hay"?straw suitcase. Bearer is left strictly alone, as being too rural to "appreciate...
...Whee, whee, whee", cried my roommate, devilish little tense. And he inserted a coughdrop in the proboscis of the ivory bearer. He still wears the evidence of that gaucherie. I hurried him to see the fat lady. "Wellesley", he whooped, "Wellesley", and bought her picture to send to a friend, named Edgell. Just then there was a cry of alarm from two Watch and Warders. I saw H. T. P. scurry to cover. And out came four ladies from Muscle Shoals, advertising Shreddel Wheat. I hurried my roommate away as fast as his little feet could tarry...
...obstacle is the New York law. All stocks admitted to York law. All stocks admitted to the Exchange listings must be registered; and most foreign stocks are made out to "bearer." That is, they may be traded around like U. S. $1 bills. To leap over this law, investment bankers have adopted this subterfuge. They deposit foreign stock with a trust company, which in turn issues trustee certificates against the escrowed stock. Such stock is U. S. stock, and is passable on the Exchange. So the Governors last week had a draft made for proposal to the New York Legislature...
...letter men will be awarded the new "H" certificate designed by W. J. Bingham '16, Director of Athletics. This certificate carries an engraving of a crimson "H", and over the signature of Mr. Bingham and the Secretary of the Athletic Committee attests that the bearer has been awarded a letter in his particular sport. Hitherto a sweater with an "H" has been an athlete's only witness of his winning a University letter...