Word: shared
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Winning only one first place, but copping four out of seven of the second positions and more than their share of thirds and fourths, Lowell House ran up a 15 point lead over its nearest rival, Leverett, in the field events division of the inter-House track meet yesterday afternoon, and appears likely to repeat its triumph of last year...
...well-wishers like American Telephone & Telegraph Co. and ex-King Alfonso of Spain, International Telephone & Telegraph Co. has installed nearly 1,000,000 telephones in ten countries. Assets on its books tot up to $537,000,000 and once in 1929 its common stock sold for $149.25 a share, 49 times earnings. Last week it sold for $6.75 a share, six times 1938 earnings, and in his annual report I. T. & T.'s amiable President Sosthenes Behn described the hardships of international capitalism...
With Congress hell-bent to carve up the national budget, Federal Arts projects have come in for more than their share of epithets. "Useless," "extravagant," and myriads of other Republican, battle cries are heard. 210 Harvard Faculty members have risen in protest against this attack, vehemently defending Federal Arts on the ground that "a democratic government can assure its citizens a freedom of life, of enterprise, and of access to the arts of civilization such as no other government can or will assure them." They protest against the stifling of this "freedom of access" by distorted Congressional "economy...
Once more, it is vicious because of the rich man, poor man problem. There is a premium on the long purse; and Mammon has his share in dictating grades. The financially less able scholar is given an unfair handicap in the contest with a wealthy competitor. Sentiment on this score is intense and vigorous...
...when the airline business suddenly looked good, Partner John D. Hertz (Yellow Cab Co.) of Lehman Bros, joined with Floyd Odium's Atlas Corp. to purchase 81,204 shares of T. W. A. from General Motors at some $14.50 a share. This 13% interest gave them operating control. Next year T. W. A. made $205,000 and its stockclimbed to $27.50. But in 1937 T.W.A. lost $959,000, in 1938 $773,000. Its stock dropped to $4, was last week at $8 when Lehman Bros, announced with an audible sigh of relief that it had sold out to Jack...