Word: marginally
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...recent attempt of the Federal Reserve Board to reduce excessive speculation by a ten percent increase in margin rates from 60 to 70 per cent was hailed as a "step in the right direction" by John Kenneth Galbraith, professor of Economics. Margin is the amount of cash an investor must have to buy a share of stock...
Walter George's favorite word is "reasonable." He pronounces it fondly, strongly stressing and dragging out the first syllable. To every problem that comes up before him, George applies the test of reasonableness. Example: during World War II, when the profit margin that should be allowed certain industries was a subject of boiling political controversy, a newsman asked Finance Committee Chairman George for his views. Replied George: "I'd think about 8% would be re-e-eason-able. Maybe 6%. Possibly as high as 10%. But 8% is probably the most re-e-eason-able." In U.S. politics...
...wife and children, he went campaigning with a baby-blue Cadillac and great dignity ("as a good father, good neighbor and good citizen"). That was good enough. On election day Democrat Daley won by 126,667 votes (out of 1,342,993 cast), the machine's smallest victory margin since...
Three and four run outbursts provided the varsity's margin in its second straight Greater Boston League victory. This was the first league contest for B. U.'s defending champions...
Terms for All. Asked what he thought about raising margin requirements above the present 60%, Baruch retorted: "How can you really, in good conscience, say to a man he cannot buy stocks except on 100% when they can buy anything they like with nothing down? It just does not make sense." Fulbright tried to trap Baruch into endorsing the earlier testimony of Harvard Economist John K. Galbraith, who thought he saw some parallels between the current market boom and the period just before the 1929 crash. Baruch smoothly said he knew nothing of Galbraith "to his detriment," then added...