Word: meaningly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...same way there is no question of changing the athletic conditions of University life. Harvard will be represented by teams in all the major sports as in the past. The coveted 'H' will mean all that it ever has meant in the life of the undergraduates...
...Baker [Tycoon George Fisher Baker built Harvard's Business School in 1924, was given a kudo Ph. D.]. Becoming a Ph. D. is the same kind of business as getting yourself created a movie star, if you get what we mean...
...reasonable claims for rediscount facilities" when it borrows Federal Reserve money to be used in "making or maintaining speculative loans." Further, the board threatened to "restrain the use of Federal Reserve credit facilities in aid of the growth of speculative credit." Taken at face value, this statement would mean refusal of loans for speculative purposes, plus a rise in the rediscount rate, which in turn would mean a stockmarket afflicted with scarce money and falling prices...
...lawyer for Col. Stewart, Mr. Hogan replied to Mr. Aldrich's announcement of Rockefeller proxies with a sophistry. Said he: "If, therefore, Mr. Rockefeller's associates should succeed, it will mean that numerical strength in shares will thwart the wishes of the overwhelming majority of stockholders...
...true 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...