Word: prospect
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...arrival of the seasonal Summer dullness in trade, superimposed upon a period of trade and manufacturing depression, has resulted in dull and inert commercial conditions. The political Conventions have meanwhile served to distract attention from business affairs, and with the prospect of unsettled conditions in politics for the next four months, there is a tendency toward watchful waiting all along the line from producer to consumer. Wall Street, however, after several months of an uninteresting experience with meaninglessly see-sawing prices, is now getting the old-fashioned thrill that only a sudden decline in interest rates can give. Bonds...
When the story opens, Blacky's brother Christian is engaged to pretty, fluffy, red-haired May Almy. Her mother, who has socially arrived (in contrast to Christian's mother who is still climbing, with the odds against her ever reaching the summit), is privately chagrined at the prospect of the match, though to be sure the family bank account is something of a palliative. Mr. Gaar had been secretary to her husband until the latter had mysteriously ad mitted him to partnership; and upon Mr. Almy's death Mr. Gaar, whilom Danish immigrant, had automatically become the head...
...intention to windlass the family fortune out of a miserly and almost?not quite?inhuman old uncle who has previously cheated her father and would apparently prefer to see her starve to death. It is in the midst of this undertaking, however, that accident opens a more brilliant prospect. The family of Helmut Mylius, a curio dealer, has been kept by him in a state of semi-starvation, shabbiness and sullen despair on the plea of extreme poverty. Ulrika discovers that Mylius is in reality a multi-millionaire who has kept his fortune secret out of his excessive miserliness...
Coach Davidson faced a dreary prospect when the indoor work opened with far less seasoned material than usual and several of the best players under a scholastic ban. Coach Mitchell developed from the corps of pitching aspirants one star, Booth, who twirled the team to victory in its last five games, and three or four others of good average ability...
...polo game with Yale on the morning of June 18 is the innovation in prospect now as a feature of Commencement Week. Only, the question of supplying ponies for the Blue riders is delaying the final arrangements for the match...