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Word: fourths (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...into a Hudson Tube from the Manhattan side. A fire of waste oil was burning on the tracks ahead. The motorman put on speed to pass over it. Suddenly there was a blinding flash. An automatic safety device set the brakes. The train was stalled with its third and fourth cars over the flames. Smoke filled the air. The ant passengers cursed, prayed and moaned, beat, trampled and rescued one another. Three more trains halted behind the first in the confusion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TRANSPORTATION: Ant Hill | 3/4/1929 | See Source »

Last week came announcement of the long-rumored merger of Guaranty Trust and National Bank of Commerce (TIME, Feb. 11). Probably a skyscraper will soon be erected on the joint site. With Guaranty Trust already fourth largest and National Bank of Commerce ninth largest among U. S. banks, the merger-bank will pass National City and Chase National, will stand as largest U. S. bank, as first U. S. bank with assets approximating two billions. From the standpoint of capital and surplus the merger-bank will be also world's largest. From the standpoint of deposits and total assets, London...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Back-to-Back | 3/4/1929 | See Source »

Moreover, every railroad would have to scrap its time tables and publish new ones telling how on the fourth of Sol, No. 3456 stopped only when flagged and that there would be special excursion rates from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Sol Cheered | 3/4/1929 | See Source »

...scored 25 points to win with Georgetown second with 22.25 points and Pennsylvania and Cornell third and fourth with 21.25 and 19.5 respectively. Harvard gained...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD RUNNERS TAKE FIFTH PLACE IN I. C. 4A MEET | 3/4/1929 | See Source »

...yard dash--Won by Daley (Holy Cross); Wildermuth (Georgetown), second; Stevens (Dartmouth), third; T. F. Mason '30, fourth; Backer (U. of P.), fifth. Time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD RUNNERS TAKE FIFTH PLACE IN I. C. 4A MEET | 3/4/1929 | See Source »

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