Word: benefits
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...strange part of the story from the point of view of 1860, however, is that the only other place where those stamps were also procurable on their first appearance was the Government Philatelic Agency maintained for the benefit of stamp collectors...
...hobby, or the fad, rooted in human nature that a firm of stamp dealers was willing to give practically that amount for the collection in a recent sale. And a similar Swiss firm has sent its principal to this country and widely advertised his coming "for the benefit of advanced collectors...
...Carruth, who recently gave a series of four lectures on Italian art at the Episcopal Theological School, will deliver a lecture on the same subject for the benefit of the public at the Fogg Art Museum at 4.30 o'clock this afternoon. Mr. Carruth's subject will be "Giotto at Padua; a study of his free goes in the Arena Chapel". The lecture will be illustrated with reproductions in color...
...Latin and Greek from the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts, now being seriously considered by the Yale Corporation, again brings up the whole mooted question of the value of the classics as essentials. For every lover of Euripedes or Aeschylus who rises to point out the benefit of a classical foundation, there is an Edison or a Henry Ford to declare that dead languages have no part in the world of today; and for every Edison questionnaire published there is an interview with a business man of Dayton, Ohio, who emphasizes the importance of a classical background...
...carry off his property. Therefore there is a movement among the revolutionists for more agreeable methods. Lustead of rioting, reform is to be brought about by law. It is proposed in England that twenty-five per cent of all fortunes above a certain figure be confiscated for the benefit of the Government; and the English Government is greatly in need of assistance, because of bonuces to the unemployed, providing homes for the homeless, and subsidies for reducing the price of food. The old way was for a mob to appear in front of a rich man's house...