Word: sec
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...starch leaked out of him. Carelessly, he dropped his guard. A lopping left hook whistled out of nowhere, to separate him from his intellect. He climbed off the canvas at the count of nine; then a sharp right cross dropped him for good. It was only 2 min. 27 sec. of the fifth round...
ALLEGHANY CORP., holding company headed by Robert R. Young, has lost round in long fight to avoid regulation by SEC, stay instead under ICC jurisdiction. SEC disapproved Alleghany's plan, approved by ICC, to exchange its old stock for new. Jurisdiction question goes next month to U.S. Supreme Court...
...Securities and Exchange Commission, which has long worried over the way speculative Canadian stock issues pour into U.S. markets despite SEC regulations, last week got what it thought was a perfect example of how it is done. The case involved Great Sweet Grass Oils Ltd. and Kroy Oils Ltd., sister Canadian companies whose stock was recently suspended on the American Stock Exchange because the oil and asset claims looked suspicious (TIME, Nov. 5). But as SEC poked deeper in a hearing last week, it uncovered a series of transactions that seemed to duck around U.S. regulations and bring windfall profits...
...grew up on a lazy little cotton and carrot farm outside San Benito, Texas, glided down the cinder straightaway with such easy grace that he seemed to be running no faster than he had to. It was fast enough to win the 100-meter dash in 10.5 sec...
Ohio State's Glenn Davis, 22, skimmed the 400-meter hurdles in a casual 50.1 sec. victory. Right behind him came Texas' Eddie Southern, 18, and the Marines' Josh Culbreath, 24, to give the U.S. a sweep of the first three places. Outside the main stadium, but earning points that counted for as much, Bantamweight Charles Vinci of York, Pa. hoisted 753.5 Ibs. aloft and Featherweight Isaac Berger of Brooklyn lifted 776.5 Ibs. to corral another pair of gold medals...