Word: bank
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...gone through what the farmers are going through today." Asked to define her role in shaping the destiny of the American farmer, she answered without hesitation: "To be a true and loyal companion to my husband, be interested in his work, do away with surpluses and get the soil bank passed...
...also zigged on the soil bank. Last fall he was opposed to it and called it a "land rental scheme"; this year, faced with declining prices and even bigger surpluses, he changed his mind, agreed that it should be the heart of the Administration's 1956 farm program. Despite his opposition to high, rigid price supports, he has been willing to promise a firm 82.5% of parity on most basic crops in an effort to prevent Congress from passing a rigid 90% bill. Having learned the politic art of zigzag, he can be philosophical about it. At staff meetings...
...explains.) Last month when a payment came due on his 1952 car, he sold it and bought a 1950 model. With the difference, he had $275 left over to apply on other bills. He wanted a new harrow, but he looked at the size of his loan at the bank, and changed his mind. "I put in a lot of time on that old harrow," he said, "and it's good for another year...
...financial scheme involves peddling $1.90 reserved grandstand seats to the May 10 Red Sox-White Sox game at Fenway Park for $1.25. The Council will bank 75 cents on each ticket...
...taxes on company profits, tacked another few shillings on leaf tobacco to raise the price of a pack of cigarettes to 54?, and lifted the subsidy on bread (thus increasing the cost of a loaf to 12?). Mostly he aimed at forcing the public to keep its money in bank or sock instead of buying what should be exported...