Word: equalled
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...theatre and threw handfuls of lemons, oranges and grapefruit at the stage, he would no doubt be ejected by the police. But if there existed no scales on which to weigh lemons, oranges and grapefruit, the police would doubtless let him throw to his heart's content. Thrown with equal force, the lemons would hit players, the oranges would land in the orchestra pit, the grapefruit on the heads of $5.50 seat-holders. Then Dr. Bainbridge could measure the distance between a grapefruit-splashed spectator and an orange-struck piccolo player, between piccolo player and comedian, and presto, he would...
...bonds and preferred stocks of any U. S. or Canadian railroad that has paid full preferred dividends for the preceding ten years and that has also paid dividends of at least 4% on an amount of common stock equal to the amount of preferred stock then outstanding. Only 5% of the total estate may be invested in any one railroad and only 2½% in any one type of that road's securities. However, the whole 5% may be invested in legal railroad mortgage bonds. The total investment in preferred railroad stocks is confined to 15% of the estate...
...were the week's gloomiest news. Sugar sold at an all-time low of 1¢ a Ib. when Cuba's crop was estimated at 3,061,000 tons, about 800.000 more than expected. Copper sold at 6? for export, a record low, while domestic sellers offered it at 6¼, equal to the bottom price, and one offered to throw in 50 shares of Anaconda or Kennecott with each 1,000-ton purchase. Rubber (of which there is reputedly a 16-month supply in the U. S.) plunged through its old low of 4.1^ per Ib., when the February delivery sold...
...match was by no means one-sided, for Jansen put up a stiff fight and was in the lead several times during the three games necessary for the decision. Pool was always equal to the occasion in the crucial moments and gained the verdict without the loss of a game...
...time maladjustments between supply and demand. When the world is divided by trade barriers, a new duty or an increase in an old one may lead an industry to expand behind the tariff, despite the fact that the demand for its output at a profitable price does not equal the productive capacity already in existence, but located in other countries. Maladjustments thus aggravated by tariffs, did not directly precipitate the collapse of prosperity but they did weaken the economic position of many countries and reduce their ability to resist depression. Moreover, when the slump came, the prices of the over...