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Word: sec (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...sadly aware that what they were really holding was the bag. In it were the bonds of five enemy nations with a value of $292,900,000. Actually, said the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, these bonds were worthless, could be written off as such in tax reports; and the SEC banned trading in them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Ghosts Arise | 12/3/1945 | See Source »

...whole Golden Gate Bridge project, A.P. bought the bonds. He also coddled the small fry: any regularly employed person can borrow up to $300 on his signature alone. When the Securities and Exchange Commission objected to some of his operations, A.P. defended himself by attacking. He haled the SEC into court...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BANKING: The New Champ | 10/15/1945 | See Source »

...Russians, the meet went on, with newsreel cameras grinding from what once was Hitler's private box. The best performance was a 6 ft. 4 3/10 in. high jump by Sergeant Pete Watkins, ex-Texas A & M, who also won the no-meter high hurdles in 15.3 sec. The score: U.S. 94, Britain 43, France...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Three for Four | 10/1/1945 | See Source »

...years ago). Then his coach said that track would help his footballing, so Perry Samuels became a sprinter-and all last year ran a close but chronic second to speedy teammate Charley Parker (TIME, May 15, 1944). This year he pared his 100-yd. time down to 9.5 sec., one-tenth off the world's record...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Cowboy Sprinter | 7/9/1945 | See Source »

...white-haired repair man played sec ond flute and a lathe operator blew the trumpet. A few stuffy music critics regard ed the whole thing as a foolhardy venture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Assembly Line Symphony | 6/18/1945 | See Source »

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