Word: stealingly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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After the second bankruptcy, B. & O. General Solicitor Cassius Clay (an ex-RFC lawyer), resigned in disgust, was joined by another B. & O. lawyer. Said 'lay after he quit: the loans were a "gigantic steal," a "frame-up" and a "fraud." The bankruptcy, said the Tobey report, did more than postpone payment of the loan. It enabled the railroad to convert the notes held by RFC into non-salable bonds, hence left RFC with a frozen loan rather than a live claim on the B. & O.'s assets. Once converted, RFC's collateral Dehind its loans...
During World War I ... the president of a giant steal [sic] company voted himself a bonus of about $1,500,000. Thousands of officers of our corporations are today doing the same thing, but so far none has broken that enviable record...
Penn scored twice in the first inning, but the Varsity evened the count on a walk to Eddie Foynes, a single by John White, a wild pitch, and White's steal of home...
...retaliation, eight Israeli planes bombed Syrian positions. The Israelis later apologized, but by last week, Israel and Syria were involved in small-scale border warfare. Israel charged that a Syrian patrol overran one mile of Israeli ground. Syria charged that Israeli troops provoked the outbreak by trying to steal Arab cattle...
There's only one thing traditionally absent from Tree Day: the Sophomore banner. Anytime earlier in the year, freshmen use any ruse they can to steal the banner, including John Harvard's dressed as girls who sneak into the banner cache. The sophomores get thir banner back, though after the ceremonies...