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Word: okaying (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...which has not missed a dividend in 50 years, has been paying $9 since 1922 when the rate was upped from $8.50. But last week Wall Street's faith in "Telephone" trembled for a moment. When A.T.&T.'s President Leroy A. Wilson asked his stockholders to okay a 10,000,000-share increase in stock (to 45,000,000 shares), traders began to wonder if Telephone could pay that big a dividend on so many additional shares. The stock broke almost 3 points, and the market broke with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Busy Signal | 10/2/1950 | See Source »

...right. He's losing a lot of weight. She should be happy about that. Give my regards to all the neighbors there. Please, please don't worry. And if you don't get my letters, understand that things aren't quite up to snuff yet. Okay? Au revoir! You know that I love you very much...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEN AT WAR: Don't Worry | 8/7/1950 | See Source »

Here in Europe we get to go to many interesting countries and get many advantages that other kids and some grown-ups never had before, but as I said before staying in Europe isn't as much fun as being in America ... I guess it will turn out okay, but anyway I have to stick with Dad in line for my country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: Diplomatic Protest | 7/3/1950 | See Source »

...okay guy with a wonderful, thoughtful disposition," burbled Songstress Georgeanne ("Gigi") Durston, 22, but her romance with Elliott Roosevelt, 39, was "all over-as of today ... I have decided that Elliott and I simply could not make a go of married life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, May 1, 1950 | 5/1/1950 | See Source »

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