Word: eighth
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...launched by the National Coal Association year and a half ago to place all sales in the hands of regional agencies, set up Appalachian Coals, Inc. He quickly persuaded 137 independent operators controlling three-fourths of all production in the Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee fields and one-eighth of all production east of the Mississippi, to subscribe for Appalachian Coals stock and to let Appalachian Coals sell their entire output. Besides stabilizing prices and unifying all sales promotion, Appalachian was designed to stamp out competitive practices that have hamstrung the industry for a decade...
...figures released by the Harvard Fund in opening its eighth annual drive for contributions from the graduating class reveal, despite adverse economic conditions, a remarkably sturdy growth and service record. This organization was set up in 1926 for the important purpose of securing "each year from Harvard Alumni voluntary contributions to be given to the University as unrestricted money." More specifically it is conceived as an aid to every class in securing annually from each member a donation toward the twenty-fifth anniversary gift...
...champion should, charged in with his head low, swinging both hands. The referee, Lieutenant Jack Kennedy, U. S. N., gave Corbett every round up to the sixth when Corbett failed to back away from a right to the jaw just before the bell. Corbett won the seventh but the eighth was even; Fields came on again in the ninth and had a chance to keep his title by a strong finish. There was one exchange in which both men stood still in the centre of the ring, trading punches with mathematical fairness; the round ended in the pattern...
...after the offer. "Special benefits" on this year's offer are $2 a share for the first two years, $3 a share for the last three-an average of nearly 10%. When this year's offer is taken up, Steel's workers will own about one-eighth of all Steel's stock...
...reckoned, in years to come, as a most lucky accident in the country's history. Casting aside the heinous nature of the crime and the personalities involved, it was an attempt which, if successful, might well have proved a national tragedy. The activities of Franklin Roosevelt since November eighth have inspired a growing confidence in his abilities, even among the die-hard members of his political opponents. To rob the victorious party of its leadership, and to place command in the hands of a less able, less respected lieutenant would unquestionably have shattered any hopes which the past election...