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Word: roisterings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...contains the only entirely separate markets in the United States. Prices on the Los Angeles and San Francisco Stock Exchanges- whose seats are now selling for approximately $150,000 each-are in no way dependent on New York Stock Exchange prices. Some stocks such as Standard Oil of California, Roister Radio, Pacific Gas & Electric, California Packing [Del Monte Brand products] are listed on both Pacific Coast and New York boards, and the prices sometimes vary east and west. Financial news printed in Eastern business newspapers reaches California too stale to be news. And Westerners certainly deserve fresh financial news...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: West of Wall Street | 9/23/1929 | See Source »

...expel him from the Fatherland on the ground that he has no valid passport. Since then he has been in Brussels, Belgium, still wineing and womening without stint, but under threat of momentary expulsion. Thus a problem has been set before doting Princess Victoria-where shall her Zubkov now roister, tweak, and make champagne-rain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LUXEMBOURG: Serpent-Man | 4/23/1928 | See Source »

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