Word: dropped
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Crime, in its bloody ugliness, would not drop from sight if underworld liquor traffic were ceased. Hundreds of "gat" toters would be without employment and without subsistence. Would that not be more of a temptation to commit crime than a mere "bump off" order from a whisky mogul? The underworld was not created by prohibition, but it has become enormously rich from its major industry...
...feel you need a drop of whiskey while in your dentist's chair, there is now the same chance of getting it as in your doctor's office. Last week, Commissioner James M. Doran of the Industrial Alcohol Bureau announced that henceforth dentists would be allowed the same quantity of whiskey for office use that is now granted physicians-namely, six quarts a year-in addition to the two gallons annually obtainable by both dentists and doctors...
...kind of year 1930 really was. Most results were below previous estimates because of a shockingly bad fourth quarter. Railroads, as expected, suffered heavily. The first 67 roads to report had a net operating income in December of $39,591,000 against $56,709,000 in December 1929-a drop of 30.1%. With an increase in net income of 11.5% for the year Bangor & Aroostock ("The Potato Road") stood alone. Utilities in general showed the effects of depression. Great Commonwealth & Southern Corp. covered its dividend by a margin of only .4? a share...
...Fund during the past year. As compared to the figures of last year's report, this shows a gain of 91 contributors and a reduction of $15,357.71 in the amount contributed. At the same time there has been a steady reduction in the expenses every year the drop this year being...
...Distribution." There are several conditions under which a member may wish to distribute secondarily. For example: a bank may have a large block of a certain stock acquired at high prices. The bank is well aware that to sell the stock in the open market would cause it to drop further, hurting the bank's customers who still have loans on the stock. Perhaps the stock is selling at $27. The bank may now offer an option on, say, 20,000 shares to a brokerage firm at $26. The firm receives permission from the Exchange to redistribute that security...