Word: sec
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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...
...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...
...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...
...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...
...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...