Word: options
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Fortnight ago the people of the Confederation of Switzerland voted on a proposal to grant cities and towns local option on the sale of hard liquors-beers and wines not being affected...
...Local option has been hitherto the only means of keeping filthy literature from invasion of a certain district. The local watch and ward society bring the matter to the attention of police, who, after due deliberation, decide on the merits of the case. But now, silently, without amendment, national prohibition has arrived. Perhaps a law may follow, declaring a book legitimate of which not more than one half of one per cent, by pages, may be classed as filthy or obscene...
...because he could show that he accepted the office only on the urgent request of the City Trust's directors. The latter had wished to assuage popular suspicion concerning their bank's solvency by securing a Giannini as chief officer. Finally, Dr. Giannini, who had taken an option on part of the bank's stock, refused to exercise the option when he saw the actual condition of the bank. Perhaps Dr. Giannini erred in allowing himself to become in any way associated with a sinking ship, but he was not the man who ran the vessel...
...more intelligent plan appears the one which allows a candidate to take a distinction degree with or without specialized work, at his own option. To obtain honors in a general field an outstanding record in a written examination at the end of Senior year, an oral examination, and a thesis is imperative. A candidate for honors degrees who still wishes to examine a portion of his field more closely will simply devote part of his final year to research under the guidance of his tutor. He needs no pass vised by authority to put him across this line of concentration...
...operating company whose stock was jointly held by Adams Express and American Express. American Railway Express then arranged contracts with almost every U. S. railroad (notable exception-the Southern Railroad, municipally owned) and acquired a virtual monopoly (95%,) of U. S. expressing. The contracts with the railroads included an option by which the railroads could purchase American Railway Express. These options expire Feb. 28, 1929. Last December the railroads, through a committee headed by President Storey of the Santa Fe, acquired control of American Railway Express by acquiring control of its holding companies, Adams and American. After March 1, Adams...