Word: bond
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...broadcasts to France rested largely with this group of Harvard volunteers, so that if may be truly said that the voice of WRUL reached France through men of Harvard. And what is perhaps even more important, the response to these early broadcasts was tremendous, proving that the bond thus formed between America and France was a potent one, helping to convince the French people of our sympathy and our confidence in their spirits...
Wall Street's venerable Bonbright & Co., famed underwriter for the billion-dollar Electric Bond & Share System and other big utilities, will close at month's end. Reason: the underwriting business is awful...
...leaned over the back of the chair and glared down at the flying typewriter keys. "Just what are you putting me up to now?" he sniffed. "Haven't I been busy enough lately, what with compulsory physical exercise, buying a victory bond, and even getting on Dean's List with my six courses and accelerated tutorial? You don't want me to turn into a hysterical muddlehead like the Blot...
...retailer or consumer. And at that point, whenever it comes, the final necessities of price control will have to be dealt with. Chief among these necessities: 1) complete licensing and rationing; 2) rigid Government mopping up of a large part of consumer income via taxes and compulsory (if necessary) bond sales. For the long run, Leon Henderson has the price-control headache, but Henry Morgenthau has the aspirin...
Although the Brown bill has considerable sentiment behind it, it has to run a gantlet of committees and perhaps face Administration opposition. Secretary Morgenthau has said he does not want to resort to compulsory savings until he has had time to see whether non-compulsory (sale of defense bonds) will supply the Government's needs. But he may come around. Defense-bond sales were $1,075,000,000 in January, $711,000,000 in February, dropped to a monthly rate of $580,000,000 in the first 23 days of March...