Word: floater
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...rustics shall now get their innings. In Tokyo last week it was considered more than likely that wily Stooge Baba had sold the Army some such idea as that he knows all the tricks of assassinated Finance Minister Takahashi, who for generations was the Empire's amazingly successful floater of Japanese bond issues both at home and abroad...
...necks in sand is substantiated by the purely negative but clear-eyed pessimism of the two corresponding poets, Mr. MacLeish and Mr. Hatch. But one can scarcely escape the conclusion that the speeches were unfortunate. To the man with half an eye to fundamentals they were confusing; to the "floater" they will appear thorough. At a time when the greatest need in the world is for clear thinking and courageous definition of basic values and problems, these two men had nothing to offer but fog. It was apparently not without purpose that President Lowell urged last Sunday, "one must endeavor...
...Floater of Polish, Brazilian and Dutch loans; builder of Youngstown Sheet & Tube: successful competitor of J. P. Morgan & Co. for the huge (146-million) Dodge Bros, deal (TIME, April...
...inches and instead of the former weight of 1.62 ounces it will be 1.55. Thus the new ball is lighter and bigger and has less specific gravity-a specific gravity of 1.08, to be exact. This amount is a trifle above the specific gravity of the old "floater" type of ball...