Word: firming
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...were wary; big institutional buyers might shy away from the issue because the Transit Authority, having no taxing powers, would have to rely solely on earnings to meet its obligations. But finally, hoping to do a big business with small investors, a syndicate headed by the La Salle Street firm of Harris, Hall & Co. took on the job. On Aug. 6, the issue went on sale. By last week, it was entirely sold...
...Some 1,200,000 copies of the Manhattan telephone directory were distributed to subscribers, including an extra supply for booths in Times Square, Grand Central and Pennsylvania Station, where the average book lasts only two days (because readers tear out the pages). Students noted the shortest listing (a firm called "A"), an increase in "atomic" listings to 35 from last year's 19, including the "Atomic Undergarment...
...gave Florida's tennis-happy Rollins College, which lured him with a scholarship, the same short shrift. He lasted exactly three hours on a potato-sacking job in a San Bernardino (Calif.) grocery store; now he has an elusive connection with a Los Angeles meat-packing firm, but never really works at it. Except for 40 months in the Coast Guard, he has never really worked at anything but tennis...
After the influx of returning World War II veterans, it was hoped that the historic policies of the Legion would be modified to reflect the views of its junior partners, who were considered somewhat less hidebound than the old guard. But so far the hierarchy has held firm. The opinions it expresses, and which are given close attention in Congress, are not and do not pretend to be those of a majority of veterans or even Legionnaires. Rather policies are formulated at the top and passed down to the membership...
...later kappa women, a good man was harder to find. Under a firm system of courtship in reverse, she-kappa had to chase and capture their husbands. In these efforts they were often assisted by parents, brothers and sisters. ("Oh, how miserable the he-kappa...