Word: longed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...steel strike has done so much damage that the effects will be felt long after the strike itself is just an unpleasant memory...
...time seemed at hand to stop talking and get back to work. Says he: "We do not believe it's right to put people back to work under a court injunction. When you force things upon human beings, you simply make more trouble for yourself in the long run. We think a showdown with labor, an attempt to turn the clock back, will merely result in more Government control...
Trim (5 ft. 11 in., 180 lbs.) and broad-shouldered, Edgar keeps himself in shape for long hours on the job. He spends a quarter of his time hopping from country to country, divides the rest between offices in Oakland and Manhattan. His 12-ft. blond-wood desk in Oakland is equipped with 20 intercoms and 17 phone lines that can reach his network of 91 plants and facilities in seconds. Henry J. still keeps in touch from Hawaii, often calls up sleeping Edgar at 4:30 a.m. and chortles: "Oh, did I wake...
...deep mysteries on Wall Street, put and call options have long been among the most baffling to investors. Many market players shy away from the options, consider them as risky as a crap game. But that is just not so, says jaunty, white-haired Herbert Filer, 65, head of Filer, Schmidt & Co., the nation's largest stock option dealer. This week, in Understanding Put and Call Options (Crown; $3), the first book on the business to be published in the U.S., Filer presents a case for using options to reduce stock market risks as well as for speculating...
...option expires on Dec. 7. With American Motors now selling around 80, there is already a profit of more than $3,500 on the call. Calls for six months and ten days or longer are the most popular because any profit on a call of that length is a long-term capital gain, taxable at a maximum...