Word: bond
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...months ago the Erie Railroad signed a private bond-selling deal with the potent Wall Street underwriters, Morgan, Stanley & Co. (TIME, Feb. 15). Last week the Interstate Commerce Commission forced Erie to cancel the contract, and to open bidding to all comers. Thus the ICC joined hands with the SEC and the Fed eral Power Commission, both of which four years ago ordered competitive bidding on the sale of utility bonds. But the Commission's action meant more: it set tled for a time Wall Street's old fight over private v. public bond sales...
...Bond Drive...
...Benedict Canyon Road in swank Beverly Hills. His car collided head-on with another driven by Leonora Gershwin, wife of Lyricist Ira Gershwin. Mrs. Gershwin and two women with her were hurt slightly. Scenarist Mankiewicz, unhurt, was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving, was later released on $500 bond pending a hearing. As news the accident was worth brief mention at most...
Shouldering up to a $35,90 first place this week, Kirkland House shot past Winthrop, its nearest competitor, in the topsy-turvy War Bond race. After that, it was rather a matter of cents rather than dollars that separated the Houses. Winthrop's $20.60 topped Adam's $19.80 contribution, while Leverett boasted a $16.80 total. A slim dime was the sole determinant between Dunster's $16.50 and Eliot's $16.40; while all House sales added to a 7 cent per capita hand-out throughout the College...
...these activities have now become overshadowed by the war. P.B.H.'s War Service Committee is the center of blood and bond drives around the college; it sponsors police forces, fire fighters, and ARP wardens. And, in line with its traditional policy of experimentation, Brooks House is now hard at work at its newest project. "contacting" all undergraduates who leave college for the Armed Services, keeping track of their location. readdressing mail, procuring them invitations from families of Harvard men, and keeping them in touch with what is going on in Cambridge...