Word: commonnesses
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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This, plus Tennessee Electric Power's cash reserves, was just enough to take care of its $72,000,000 in senior securities, but left nothing for the common stock. Since C. & S. owns 99% of the common, Bear Willkie roared at the end of his chain. Last fall, baited anew by a Congressional committee investigating TVA, he countered by suggesting that SEC arbitrate the issue, offered to pay all appraisal expenses...
...lopped off the top last December by selling enough North American common to reduce his interest to less than 10%. Last week the pyramid was cut to two-story height. To liquidate North American Edison Co., huge intermediary holding company between it and the actual operating companies, and to refund some of its own outstanding obligations, North American Co. offered $70,000,000 worth of debentures and $34,829,000 in $50 par value preferred stock. A syndicate of 127 underwriters headed by Dillon, Read & Co. sold the issues like hot cakes...
Tryouts for additional members of the Debating Council will be held in Lowell House Common Room Wednesday evening at 7:30 o'clock...
Professor Perry advocated a strong stand against those nations who propose to "root out" freedom of thought. "We are confronted with powers in the world which deny our basic creed of liberty," he stated. "They have elected to be our enemies and they are our enemies. We have no common ground on which we can unite. Between them and us there is a state...
Modern educators, including President Conant, are currently vying with each other in their loud huzzahs for extra-curricular activities as a vital part of an education. Official Harvard recognizes them in its scholarship awards and in various other honors. The undergraduate body recognizes them by common respect for participants. In choosing his activity, each student must be guided by his own interest and capabilities. But the Crimson likes to feel that it shelters under its skirts such a variety of activities that it can satisfy the bent of almost everyone...