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Word: dillon (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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There were some independents to swell the anti-De Valera ranks: irreverent, foxy Shopkeeper James Dillon, whose only program for years had been to heckle Dev from the floor of the Dail, and a certain bonesetter who asked re-election on the grounds that he mended all limbs gratis regardless of party affiliation. But the best the combined opposition could hope for seemed to be reducing Dev's majority to a mere plurality, and further confound an increasingly confused government. In that case Dev, who refused to consider joining a coalition, might resign, but the chances of forming...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EIRE: The Strangest That Ever... | 2/9/1948 | See Source »

Philip C. Potter '48 of Winthrop House and New York City was elected captain of the 1948 Varsity soccer team yesterday afternoon at a meeting in Dillon Field House while reporters and photographers waited in another wing for news of the football election...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Potter Picked Varsity Soccer Captain; Toulmin, Manager | 11/26/1947 | See Source »

...Irish got in again last night after 12 months out of office, Phillip Kenneth O'Donnell '49 of Worcester and 48 Revere Street, Boston, was elected captain of the 1948 Varsity football team in a meeting of all lettermen in Dillon Field House shortly before 6 o'clock...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: O'Donnell Leads '48 Football Team | 11/26/1947 | See Source »

Election of the 1948 Varsity football captain will be held in the team's locker room in Dillon Field House at 5:40 o'clock this afternoon. Retiring manager John Judkins named 10 returning lettermen yesterday who will be Seniors next fail...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity to Choose '48 Grid Captain At Dillon Today | 11/25/1947 | See Source »

...profits, at cost plus, in constructing 21 compressor stations along the Inches. Geologist De Golyer's paper net was $1,000,000 on a $15,000 investment, Holley Poe's was $712,000 on $10,000. As for the eleven partners of Dillon, Read & Co., their $18,750 investment had grown into $1.2 paper millions. They would also net about $380,000 in underwriting fees and $200,000 for selling the bonds, bringing their total profit to $1,808,125. Most important, the original investors still kept at least 22.8% of the stock, which in most companies amounts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HIGH FINANCE: How to Make a Buck | 11/24/1947 | See Source »

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