Word: closes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...contest closed the most exciting season of recent years. In the Fraternity League the races in the three divisions were hard-fought, and the later series to settle the fraternity title was fully as close. In the Class League, the winner was not decided till the final game, when the Sophomores vanquished the Seniors. Gore Hall, however, had a walk-away with the Freshman laurels, and later disposed of the Sophomores to earn the right to meet Falcon Club yesterday...
WHOOPEE! HURRAH! The legislature has adjourned! Let's all close up and celebrate! At one o'clock this afternoon I shall close my potato chip establishment. I shall hang out my American flags and as they kiss again the air of freedom unpolluted by the foul breath of the legislative bribe takers, the boodlers, the demagogues and the little dictators so drunk with power that they even dare to shout infamously, "To hell with the constitution," I shall retire to the solitude of my home and I shall kneel before the pictures of George Washington, the founder...
...Mother of God! I have been able to hold my patience in the face of your shameless and cynical words, but not desiring to listen any longer I hereby draw to a close this conversation...
...selling began. The bears pressed hot on the heels of their enemy; amateur speculators took flight and fled. Pool and investment houses which had been boosting favorites acknowledged the stampede, stepped aside to let it pass. The money rate went to 14%, the highest in nine years. At the close, many industrial stocks were down nine points or more...
Total number of shares sold was 8,246,740−far greater than on any previous day. At its close came a sharp rally-some stocks closing higher than they began. Had the Federal Reserve won its battle to check speculation? This remained...