Word: amounting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...prospect on even ground and discuss his problems intelligently. Under the second heading he must be able to ring door bells, either metaphorically or literally, day after day, always having in mind that the way to get new customers is to go out and get them, and that no amount of advertising, leads, or other help from the home office will ever take the place of getting face to face with just as many customers as is humanly possible...
Countless requests that a new likeness he made of Professor Copeland led to a popular subscription. Instant response was made by many friends and graduates; in a short time the required amount had been raised and Mr. Hopkinson engaged as artist. The work is now on exhibition at the Gild of Boston Artists at 162 Newbury Street...
...preferred "A" certificates to be issued in an amount representing a sum for which Germany would be unconditionally liable. Next, the "B" certificates to represent what the creditor Powers expect to obtain directly from Germany in cash transfers. Finally, the "C" certificates to cover what the Powers expect to obtain in kind, that is, in transfers of raw materials...
...share day is to Manhattan's Stock Exchange, so is a 600-lot day to Manhattan's Cocoa Exchange-drab, brick, Water St. trading centre that fixes the price of the world's cocoa. No small amount is 600 lots, however, as one lot equals 30,000 pounds and 600 lots have a value of close to two million dollars. Last week, Cocoa Exchange transactions reached a day's high of 627 lots, breaking a record of three years' standing. A seat on the Cocoa Exchange was sold for $6,000, a rapid advance over...
...this respect the talkies have surely made good. The talkies are now just in their infancy. If one compares the automobile of 20 years ago to the present model and then judges the talkies by the same rate of development one can imagine what they will soon amount...