Word: held
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...said Bandit Bogdanopoulos, winking shrewdly and wiping kidney grease from his sweeping yellow mustachios. "We asked the Greek Government for it and they gave it to us-just like that! It was an excursion. On this excursion was Senator Gheka and the two Generals, big stuck-up fellows. We held them for ransom, and we wrote to the Government: 'Pay us two million drachmas or we send you your generals' noses and your senator's ears...
...shares outstanding are listed on the New York Curb, sell around $540 compared to the 1929 high of 631, low of 530. While this is comparatively high (20 times earnings) for a closely held company with a thin market, Singer shareholders have learned not to sell, for melons have always been generous. This year cash extras of $12.50 have been given in addition to the regular annual...
...George Franklin Rand, president of The Marine Trust Co. of Buffalo, last week brought the culmination of a long held ambition. To the new era of U. S. chain banking it brought the greatest development yet recorded...
...Hackensack, N. J., one Willie Schaeffer, who calls himself "the strongest man," held two airplanes on ropes, one in each hand, and kept them down though they were roaring to get up. ¶ In Wiesbaden, Dr. Alexander Alekhine won his fourth straight game from E. D. Bogoljubow, needs only two games out of the required series of 30 to keep the world chess championship. Said he: "Even the most confirmed opponent of the contention that the game is threatened with death through draws, could not have hoped for such a development." Play will be continued next week at Heidelberg...
...interview was Mlle. Keila's first in her two seasons, and she claimed that she was greatly excited. She apologized because the interview could not be held in her dressing room, as Mlle. Lezandre was costuming herself for the next number. The interview was therefore held in the wings, in a very noisy position. When asked if the audience could not hear the noise made backstage, she paused a moment while a member of the chorus and a scene-shifter had a slight verbal battle, in which terms were used hardly agreeable to Boston censorship. "Oh," said Mlle. Keila...