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...Curb traders grew richer (many made fortunes during World War I), they built, a building in 1921 on Trinity Place, got rid of "bucket-shop" brokers, and became a respectable proving ground for new securities. Though the same security cannot be listed on the Curb and the Stock Exchange at the same time, many a security proved its worth on the "Little Board" of the Curb before it moved on to the "Big Board." And many a small business finds the less exacting requirements of the Curb better adapted to its needs...
...proposals: 1) let the U.S. launch a huge cancer education campaign, like those on syphilis and tuberculosis, 2) let Congress up its $500,000 ("drop in the bucket") appropriation for cancer research...
...three, Hauptfuhrer has been the most outstanding. Despite his lack of practice, the six foot four inch football end has slipped with little difficult into his basketball work. He has impressed the coach tremendously with the use of his height, his speed, and his ball handling from the bucket slot at center. If not among the starters he is certain to see a lot of action on the boards this year...
Lowell went to the well three times yesterday but was only able to fill the bucket once to nose out a scrappy Dudley eleven, 7 to 6, for its first victory of the House football season. On the neighboring gridiron, Dunster continued its winning ways by downing Winthrop...
...statistics of the game show the Crimson gained 200 yards and one date with a Wellesleyite rushing. The passing attack of the junior misses failed in the heat, and the scoring laurels clearly went to a collection of non-collegiate rooters who stole the applejack in the water bucket early in the last period...