Word: amounting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...That the lavish spenders who do attain undergraduate prominence are relatively very few, and that the amount a man is able to spend has almost no relation to his chances of becoming a leader in undergraduate life, but that such a result depends almost entirely upon his abilities and his character...
...past it has been customary for each class to raise at least $100,000 for its twenty fifth reunion gift. Since $1.00 given now will amount to approximately $2.50 by 1968 when compounded. Goodhue emphasized the necessity for contributions from as many Seniors as possible...
...previous day workmen had primed the pump in vain. For the pump handle had not been attached to the connecting rod, and no amount of priming could remedy such a fundamental error...
...when there was a shortage of houses in the U. S. and real estate no longer seemed a poor investment, New York added an amendment: Insurance companies could buy land if they immediately put up buildings on it, if all their real-estate holdings did not amount to more than 10% of their assets, if the rent they charged was not more than $9 a month a room. Other States followed. Because of the various State laws there is no generalizing about the life insurance business, but recent figures for 49 legal reserve life insurance companies with...
Last February the New York Legislature modified the insurance code again: Till 1943, by the O'Brien-Piper Bill, insurance companies can once again invest in low-cost housing. But the amount of rent they can charge this time is not specified. Metropolitan apartments will undoubtedly rent for more than $9 a room. Truly low-cost housing, with the price of building materials and building labor as high as it is now, will continue for a while to be built by the Government...