Word: recoup
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Middle States Oil Corp., gambled in oil stocks. His bub ble broke when Middle States went into receivership. The courts investigated, dis covered that the firm's books had been shipped to Paris. Oklahoma's Haskell saw his Long Island estate auctioned off, went back west to recoup his fortunes...
...imitations. An innovation is showing the characters at a racetrack. Carole Lombard comes to the track to test the faithfulness of her lover (Sidney Blackmer) before announcing to him the tidings of her divorce. David Manners and Adrienne Ames come as a harried young couple attempting to recoup purloined funds, closely tracked by Detective Jackson who is persuaded to content himself with shooting Crook Churchill. Jockey Eagles rides the good race for Shirley Grey. Nydia Westman and Donald Kerr are teamed as a talkative hotel clerk and telephone operator. The brighter moments are furnished by Jack Oakie as a radio...
...pound. Even at 2½? General Sugar Corp. would show a profit. There seemed not the faintest possibility that the price would slump to ½? in 1932. Though National City Co. has written down its investment to $1, it still owns the stock, still has a chance to recoup...
...taking Alice uptown to the rescue, the Repertory Theatre hopes to recoup enough to go back to repertory. "The production of Alice," said the New York Sun, "gives opportunity for thousands to become, in a way, endowers of a theatre which deserves their aid-and to have fun doing...
...Oldroyds, from old William who was murdered by Luddites in 1812, to young David who resolves to recoup the family fortunes in 1931, represent the close-fisted, passionate hard-riding Tory lot who owned mills. The Bamforths, illegitimately conceived by young Will Oldroyd in 1812, are, as one might suspect from their origin, those who suffer the worker's lot and eventually become Crusaders in that cause. The decline of the Oldroyds begins when the desire for family distinction obscures the interest in good cloth; the success of the Bamforth line lies in its espousal of the humane cause...