Word: holderness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...prosperity-swollen country. He took credit for Coolidge prosperity because it was politically expedient to do so, but he kept repeating that Coolidge economy was the priceless ingredient. He carried this thought to the picayune extreme of giving away only the pen nib, and not the pen holder, after signing important bills. The other, philosophical extreme was reached in his curt closing message to Congress and the country last December...
...quarter-seats, sold separately, would bring. The bear market caused by the Federal Reserve's attack on speculative loans (see p. 47) may well lower seat prices since speculation by the general public is always on a bull market. A bear market generally means less trading for seat-holder, fewer commissions...
...Boylston prizes, one of $50 and two of $30 each, which constitute the second, third, and fourth awards of the present combined competition were founded in 1817 by Ward Nicholas Boylston '35 in honor of his uncle who established the Boylston Professorship of Rhetoric and Oratory. It is the holder of this chair who has charge of the contest...
...final round will be fought at the annual meeting of stockholders in Whiting, Ind., on March 7. It will be essentially a battle of proxies, though any holder of even a single share (purchased before Feb. 5) is entitled to be present and vote in person...
...that Col. Stewart claimed the support of a majority of Standard Oil of Indiana stockholders. But it is also true that the application of Mr. Hogan's reasoning would cause all U. S. business to totter, to go into a panic. It would mean that, in any corporation, the holder of one share would be as powerful as the holder of 10,000 shares...