Word: skirmishes
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...Within a few months the 1937 stockmarket break had forced out one of the trio, the second had taken a back seat. Bob was soon in a head-to-head fight with underwriters Morgan Stanley & Co. (over competitive bidding on C. & O. and other bond issues) and a court skirmish with Manhattan's Guaranty Trust Co (over control of C. & O. voting rights). He finally won both scraps after he had spent months weeding out the opposition, forcing changes in directors, improving railroad finances. By last week, when his three pals were elected presidents of his roads, he really...
...skirmish started when FCC charged the company had "excess earnings," should therefore slash "burdensome rates" on long-distance calls. Retorted A.T.&T. : lower rates would "stimulate traffic at a time when such stimulation would be contrary to public interest." With business running 33% above last year, the company's lines are already so talkpacked that additional calls could be handled only with more scarce equipment, more hard-to-get manpower. Besides, said A.T.&T., profits are down, not up - FCC "erroneously treated as earnings" over $50,000,000 which the company must pay in Federal taxes...
...victories as their golden opportunity, isolationists in Congress are eagerly preparing for an all-out fight over post-war policy. They remain undaunted by the results of their stand up till now. Although still tenderly nursing wounds from last December 7, already they have met the opposition in one skirmish--the fight over the Panama Lands Bill...
With shocking surprise, the stillness was shattered. German armored forces and motorized infantry bore down on the town from all sides. Once inside they sped for the harbor. At the Porte de Castigneau, leading to the naval base, there was a brief, sharp skirmish with French soldiers before the entry was forced...
...office of Tribune Managing Editor James Loy Maloney the night (June 6) when the Navy's first communiqué on the Battle of Midway came in. Editor Maloney is said to have humphed that the Navy was trying to balloon a skirmish into a big battle, proposed to put the story on an inside page. Reporter Johnston protested that it was one of the biggest naval battles in history. He laid before Editor Maloney a list of Japanese ships, gave him a description of the Japanese battle strategy. So Maloney put the story on page...