Word: asset
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...best tradition of impartial U. S. journalism: "It is agreed that the prestige of the United States has never been so high among its 20 sister American republics as at present, and the goodwill dividends of [the President's] Good Neighbor policy should be a great asset in the next few years, especially if Europe goes to the brink...
...time debt-ridden MOP flopped into the courts in 1933, it had paid $3,200,000 on account for the terminal properties. On the books this was first lumped in a peculiar railroad account called "unauthorized work." Later it was carried as a "special deposit," a current asset. The funds were indeed deposited in Guaranty Trust Co. but for the benefit of Terminal Shares, not MOP. Last week the railroad's officials tried to explain that they never intended to convey the impression that the $3,200,000 current asset was ready cash. Somewhere on the books the item...
...cute to bring him on as anything except King George VI. England's notorious first "Four Georges" were justly flayed by Thackeray as the worst and most unpopular monarchs the country ever had, but in 25 years George V made "George" the chief asset today of George...
...defection in the Transamerica battle is supposed to have burned on in the Giannini mind, as other unforgiven deeds of other Giannini enemies always did. Opportunity to reach across the Bay was opened by a widow, one of Central's founders, who turned over her chief asset, 2,314 shares in sound Central Savings, to the receiver for Central National to help make up her double liability on the stock of that closed bank. On a bid of $117.50 per share the U. S. Comptroller of the Currency awarded the stock to Banker Giannini...
...American people, excepting not even fishing, novel reading, or golf, the function of the cinema critic assumes a peculiar importance. There is no denying the fact that the audience is the best critic, and sometimes it can stay away most expressively, but it lacks the most valuable asset of the professional and individual critic in that it cannot be constructive...