Word: contrasting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...original shock was the gloomy contrast of his now flaccid purse with the sleek one he formerly possessed prior to paying his first term bill. A bill which included the outrageous addition of rent for the Greek Common Room in Adams House of which he has been the sole occupant during the current season. However the latest and by far the most serious situation, as it is entirely a matter of the Vagabond's personal cosmology, centers in and about the anti-macassar atmosphere of Grays 18, home of history and literature. The collegiate play-boy has at last...
...student mob savagely assaults the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Nanking Government. Thereupon some one rises to point out the contrast with the attitude of the American student to anything more serious than a freshman hazing. The indifference of our college youth to movements and causes that have always stirred the educated youth of other countries is still a source of wonder to foreign visitors...
First need this year, reported the Council last week, is relief. But then "are we to continue indefinitely to drift . . . through lack of any adequate social planning? . . . Our economic life now seems to be without a chart." Chief trouble is the present distribution of wealth: "the stark contrast of vast fortunes and breadlines." The average worker earns (according to 1927 statistics) $23.17 a week; millions fall below the average. Of all the wealth in the U. S. in 1921, 33% was owned by 1% of the population; 64% by 10%. Society treats the needy in these times as if they...
Accounts are settled fortnightly in London, in contrast to New York's daily clearance and settlement by 2:15 of the following day. Purchasers may buy a stock on the account's opening day, advance no money until settlement time. However, during this period they must pay an interest rate or "contango." Contango is in general based on prevailing rates, but stocks with a large bull account command a higher contango, very speculative shares cannot be contangoed at all. There is no contango when a large bear interest exists but bears must pay a premium known in London...
...President Simmons was so shattered by the rude turn of events that a statement had to be issued that his health was ''not permanently impaired," he no longer shows any signs of suffering. He is a husky, keen-eyed man whose tanned face makes a pleasant contrast to his silvery hair. No optimist on general business, he has always had great faith in his own bedworks. Secretary, treasurer, director, member of the executive committee, vice president of the company is his son Grant G. Simmons, likewise husky & healthy, reported to have "cleaned up" on the bear side...