Word: holder
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...must now produce more goods. Plans to proclaim February as the first "Stakhanovite Month" were abruptly canceled. Shrewd Alexei Stakhanov, who has said frankly that in the U. S. he would be beaten up by fellow workers for what he has done (TIME, Dec. 16), now receives as a holder of the Order of Lenin a lifelong pension and a pass permitting him to travel free twice a year on Soviet railways, boats, airplanes, trams and busses...
Since Glenn Cunningham, holder of the world's record for the mile, took a wife a year ago, he has not run so fast as he used to. Last fortnight in a slow race in Boston he beat Cornell's Joe Mangan only by swerving out into his path at the finish...
...other hand, Vincente Minnelli's diverting surrealist decor, the arts of a half-dozen stars and the blandishments of 48 show girls are likely to keep most spectators from going to sleep. Only if he expects Josephine Baker to be something out of the ordinary will a ticket holder be actually disappointed by this year's Follies...
...dividend accumulation of $17,260,000- a total which even Radio Corp. could not handle on top of the expenditure involved in calling Class A. So Mr. Kennedy suggested the creation of a new preferred stock callable at $100 and paying $3.50 a year. Each Class B holder would receive for one share of his Class B, one and one-fifth shares of the new preferred, plus one share of common. Enticement was added to this offer by providing that at any time within the next five years each share of the new preferred could be exchanged for five shares...
...remaining Crimson track men are Pettingell and Barcewicz, who may do very well for themselves because of the paucity of star material in this event. The list of entries in the high flying event is not complete as yet, but Oscar Sutermeister, former letter-holder, who is currently competing under the colors of the School of City Planning, is good for thirteen feet at most times, which is six inches better than either of the Harvard competitors is expected...