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Word: coshland (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...that ubiquitous meeting-goer, Lewis D. Gilbert ("U. S. Minority Stockholder No. 1"), rose to propose that Mr. Schwab be kicked upstairs into an "honorary chairmanship" with a $25,000 annual pension. Mr. Schwab, said Stockholder Gilbert, had outlived his usefulness. Loudly seconded was this thought by Leopold B. Coshland, a stockholder who once complained that Bethlehem was closer to Mr. Schwab's stomach than his heart...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Personnel: Apr. 26, 1937 | 4/26/1937 | See Source »

...Schwab laughed. But loyal President Eugene Grace grew white as chalk. Eyes flashing, fist clenched, he said quietly: "Mr. Schwab has not outlived his usefulness to this corporation. His retirement would be a grave mistake." He stalked menacingly toward Stockholders Gilbert & Coshland, was restrained from snoot-punching by fellow officials...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Personnel: Apr. 26, 1937 | 4/26/1937 | See Source »

...interrupted Stockholder Leopold Coshland, "but there comes a time when a man outlives his usefulness. . . . There are 44,000 men getting 67? an hour by the sweat of their brows in the plants of the corporation while three officers draw...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Shareholders & Salaries | 4/22/1935 | See Source »

Stockholder Coshland, "I would hide my face in shame...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Shareholders & Salaries | 4/22/1935 | See Source »

...When the Coshland motion to slash salaries came to a vote, however, it was defeated, 2,370,000 to 335 shares. Apparently oblivious to the commotion he had caused, Chairman Schwab uprose to remind the stockholders: "This is our thirtieth meeting and I think we have every reason to be proud. ... In the steel business I have been known as an optimist and a dreamer for 55 years, and I have seen those dreams come true...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Shareholders & Salaries | 4/22/1935 | See Source »

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