Word: swap
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...most complicated deals in his spectacular career. "It may sound quixotic at first," said he, "but it makes sense." The deal is with American Superpower Corp., a small investment trust specializing in utility stocks. Under it-subject to approval by Superpower's stockholders and the SEC-Zeckendorf will swap all his Webb & Knapp stock for 60% voting control in Superpower. He will get nearly 12,000,000 shares of common (some of it still to be issued) with a par value of 10?, plus a million shares of new junior preferred with a par value...
Plans for the exchange of tape-recorded radio shows between college radio stations in the Ivy Network are well under-way, and the first actual program swap is slated for sometime after the Christmas recess, WHRB officials said yesterday. Harvard's station, although in favor of the plan, will not participate for the time being because of its already overcrowded programming schedule...
After 17 months, Captain Gallery got command of a "jeep" carrier. She had a name to conjure with: Guadalcanal-and "I wouldn't swap my cruise as skipper for all the Admirals' stripes in the Navy." One of the Guadalcanal's few veterans was a chief boatswain's mate, with 15 years' experience. When Gallery asked him what he thought of the crew-80% of whom had never seen salt water before -the chief said: "Cap'n, I'd swap 'em all for a bucket of oily rags." But the kids (average...
Linda hustles off to a Reno vacation in search of romance. She loses $10,000 to Stephen McNally, owner of a gambling casino, who offers to swap her I.O.U. for a summer of tutoring for his little girl (Gigi Perreau). Linda reluctantly agrees, protesting so much that it takes no cinema connoisseur to see that her annoyance will soon blossom into love...
...than 100 tired, unshaven infantrymen lolled in the dust, waiting patiently for planes that would take them to Tokyo. For some, Tokyo meant the first leg of the trip home. For others it meant only a temporary break in the dirty business of war. They had no yarns to swap, no desire to learn any more than they already knew about war. From a few groups came the click of dice, and the only voices audible over the distant roar of engines were the urgent pleas of crapshooters. At one group, a Red Cross worker paused to chat with...