Word: rising
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...that troubled the soul of Oscar, however, never, entered into the discussions of a group of men who gathered in a downtown bank in New York and spent the day deliberating. They were realtors, and they talked of leases and rents, and how many stories an office building must rise in order to yield income proportionate to the value of a property in terms of Fifth Avenue frontage. In the end, they nodded in agreement on a real estate dicker which will wipe out the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, a famed Manhattan landmark, a tradition of princesses and kings, Peacock Alley...
...John Pierpont Morgan who is now Chairman of the U. S. Steel Board. The appointment of Morgan Partner Thomas William Lamont to the U. S. Steel Finance Committee, last week, further italicized the Morgan sense of responsibility for U. S. Steel and gave rise to rumors that Mr. Lamont might succeed Mr. Morgan to the board chairmanship...
Speculator Smith calculates that if, in the next week, these stocks each rise even only 20 points (and all have been known to rise 20 points in a few hours) he will have a profit of $10,000. He feels akin to Arthur Cutten and the Fishers...
Unfortunately, the stocks do not rise...
...stage production fails to rise even above the standard set by the picture. A certain element of the Boston population is successfully catered to by Pat Rooney and family, while Gene Rodemich continues his sylphlike capers before his playboys...