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Word: upping (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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¶ For many months the Eastern consolidation struggle has resembled a chess tournament in which a master plays several opponents simultaneously. Shrewd, lean, aggressive William Wallace Atterbury of the Pennsylvania is the chess wizard. Three boards confront him. Behind one sits quiet-voiced Patrick Edward Crowley of the New York...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: The Railroad Week | 11/18/1929 | See Source »

Equitable Trust Co., recent absorber of Seaboard National Bank, voted to increase its capital by $44,000,000 of which $25,000,000 will be used to establish a securities affiliate. After a split-up, Equitable will apply to have its shares removed from the New York Stock Exchange.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Banks | 11/18/1929 | See Source »

To wind things up properly Driver Cooke gave a dinner. Beside him sat Chancellor Samuel Paul Capen, son of Elmer Hewitt Capen (onetime Tufts College President), acquired with the new campus in 1922. Stirringly spoke Trustee Cooke: "You are going to be the keepers of the city's honor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: At Buffalo | 11/18/1929 | See Source »

Mrs. Arthur W. Cutten, wife of the famed bull-market operator, and Mrs. Al fred T. Martin, wife of the vice president of Bartlett, Frazier & Co. (grain & stocks), returning in Mrs. Cutten's car from a Chicago theatre, were stopped by five men who growled, "Police officers!" The Cutten chauffeur...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Nov. 18, 1929 | 11/18/1929 | See Source »

Already beaten by Purdue, Illinois and Ohio State, Michigan was stimulated by "Beat Harvard" signs that have been up on its campus for several weeks. Harvard's light team gained through the giant maize line and completed 15 out of 25 passes but could not kick goals after touchdowns. Michigan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Football: Nov. 18, 1929 | 11/18/1929 | See Source »

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