Word: cornering
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...however, the present market has still to equal many records established in that financial classic. No bull day has yet seen 3,200,000 shares sold, as on Apr. 30,1901. No bear day-yet-has equalled the record of May 9, 1901 (the day of the Northern Pacific corner), when over 3,300,000 shares were sold on the Exchange. In 1901, something less than 200 stock issues were listed on the Exchange ; whereas now, issues number over 900; moreover, in many cases, a given stock issue today will include more shares than in 1901. Relatively, therefore, recent trading...
...University of Michigan succeeds in giving moderately where the inclination is to be generous, and if Ann Arbor society can refrain from draping Mr. Frost in a corner of the salon three or four times a week, something really beneficial will have been accomplished for American literature. At least it will be a strong incentive to a greater appreciation of men of letters...
...brisk whirl around the corner in a taxi and Buckingham Palace was reached. Mr. Baldwin was immediately ushered into the Presence; and the King-charged him with forming a new Cabinet-a mission which he was prompt to accept...
...Cabinet. A short walk down the Mall, then up the steps and past the Duke of York's Column and into Waterloo Place went Mr. Baldwin. At No. 1 Pall Mall, on the corner of Waterloo Place, he was seen to enter; for it was the Carlton Club, headquarters of the Conservative Party. Soon after, a stream of messages summoned the leading lights of the Party to the Club; and the following day, Mr. Baldwin began Cabinetmaking. His choice, which was everywhere termed courageous...
...seclusion," plans were drawn for a fringe of small dormitories between the present buildings and the fence surrounding the Yard, combined with a new bursar's building, to be called the Counting House. The first of these buildings to rise will be the Counting House, at the southwest corner of the Yard, on the site of Dane Hall; two dormitories flanking Holden Chapel; a dormitory between Matthews Hall and the west fence. Said the Crimson, undergraduate paper: "The idea ... is almost certain to arouse student opposition from at least a portion of the undergraduate body...