Word: maining
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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During the last few months pressure has been brought to bear upon the Council concerning this question, and it has suddenly become the main issue of debate. Figures release yesterday by Young show that these elections cost approximately $70 apiece. As in the case with the Freshman election, it was further explained, the reason for the comparatively moderate expenses of these elections as against the more prohibitive expense in the election of Senior class officers lies in the fact that photographs of prospective candidates are not used...
Meanwhile he was stuck with two disconnected roads out of the main line of railroad development. The "Big Four" systems grew up and dominated Eastern transportation. The Loree roads, though profitable, were little heard of, though Mr. Loree was heard of: People said he knew more about railroading than any man in the U. S.; his Railroad Freight Transportation is the Blackstone of the subject...
...Last week it swept out a particularly grimy corner. Six members were suspended, for periods ranging from one month to three years, for tipping Exchange employes. All the suspendees were bond traders, members of the foreign bond "crowd" located on the floor of the Exchange but apart from the main body of stock brokers...
...Fourth and fifth places go to Sinclair Lewis' Main Street and Arthur Stuart Menteth Hutchinson's If Winter Comes...
Only Author Lewis has two year's best sellers to his credit: Main Street (1920), Elmer Gantry (1927). Last week the New York Public Library said it would need more than 40 copies of his newly published Ann Vickers (TIME, Jan. 30) if it wished to satisfy public demand. Since the Library is unable to afford the expenditure, it will not stock Ann Vickers at all until next year, then one copy...