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... shares , which they di- vided equally . Pollock had received a con- tract which made him superintendent with an ample salary . At Edgar's dictation , Dunbar was made president and treasurer , and ceased to be a practicing lawyer . At ...
... shares , which they di- vided equally . Pollock had received a con- tract which made him superintendent with an ample salary . At Edgar's dictation , Dunbar was made president and treasurer , and ceased to be a practicing lawyer . At ...
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... shares were of a market value of 96 , and the company prosperous beyond the most sanguine expec- tations . Dunbar was assured that he could dispose of his stock for nearly one million dollars . Half an hour after he had received the ...
... shares were of a market value of 96 , and the company prosperous beyond the most sanguine expec- tations . Dunbar was assured that he could dispose of his stock for nearly one million dollars . Half an hour after he had received the ...
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... share of Universal . Unloaded on an unsuspecting market . He controls by controlling the pig- mies who hold the offices . " Percy flirted his hands before taking a cigar from the box . It was a gesture of A CYNICAL TOXICOLOGIST 31.
... share of Universal . Unloaded on an unsuspecting market . He controls by controlling the pig- mies who hold the offices . " Percy flirted his hands before taking a cigar from the box . It was a gesture of A CYNICAL TOXICOLOGIST 31.
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... shares as payment for financing the project . Pollock and I took 20,000 figured at 30 for our patent - right . The rest , I suppose , was doled out as bonus with the bonds or distributed among Edgar's creatures who are our direc- tors ...
... shares as payment for financing the project . Pollock and I took 20,000 figured at 30 for our patent - right . The rest , I suppose , was doled out as bonus with the bonds or distributed among Edgar's creatures who are our direc- tors ...
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... share , as yet . I own 10,000 shares in this company . I got them for my half interest in the patent - right which is the basis of the company's prosper- ity . I think I know what your question would have been . If I am right , then ...
... share , as yet . I own 10,000 shares in this company . I got them for my half interest in the patent - right which is the basis of the company's prosper- ity . I think I know what your question would have been . If I am right , then ...
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