Word: heavilyto
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...road, the Central was caught in the nationwide rail slump. Fortnight ago the Central's directors voted not to pay the quarterly dividend. The railroad's earnings had plummeted along with the stock, which reached a low of 13¼ last week. Bob Young, who had borrowed heavilyto buy the 100,000 shares of Central stock he owned, was forced by lenders to sell as the price skidded lower. By year's end he had unloaded all but a few thousand of his remaining shares "to take tax losses." Friends insisted Young's own personal finances...
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