Word: concerning
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...wise cracking of Mr. Westbrook Pegler are concentrated with considerable unanimity on the current extra-curricular activities on the Iberian peninsula. And with all the nations of the continent winning battles on the playing fields of Spain, with British battleships clearing their decks and with British statesmen expressing "concern", the Dagos are providing very sensational entertainment indeed...
Just before he set sail for South America on his errand of peace & goodwill, President Roosevelt expressed concern over the vast sums of foreign capital seeking safety in the U. S., broadly hinted that something might have to be done to keep what he called this "hot" money from threatening the U. S. financial structure (TIME, Nov. 23). Last week something was done. With Federal Reserve Board Chairman Marriner Stoddard Eccles alert at his side, Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau read a 93-word statement at a press conference in Washington...
...Court, not on the ground that its news was not appropriated by the radio station, but because, in the opinion of Mr. Justice Roberts, his colleagues concurring unanimously, the A. P. failed to show more than $3,000 worth of damages, minimum amount with which a Federal Court may concern itself. Fascinated with the fact that A. P. is a non-profit-making organization, the justices decreed that the A. P. therefore could not "lose" the dues paid by its member papers if radio newscasting should put them out of business. Their share in the general A. P. expense...
...decide for themselves. . . . But I don't like the looks of the recent flurry in stocks selling at a few dollars a share. That kind of activity in 'penny' stocks may mean, the uninformed person is coming into the market-and that is a matter for concern...
Such cheap financing of an industrial concern was a record low in an era of cheap money. Despite its relative obscurity, success of the issue was assured because of Dow's impeccable position in its field. Dow Chemical Co. is not widely known to the public because it does not sell directly to the consumer. For example, Dow sells aspirin (acetyl salicylic acid) by the barrel or sack, lets someone else put an advertised name on the drugstore package. It sticks to the primary manufacture of essential ingredients, lets others make the trade names...