Word: billion
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...however, take into consideration the amount already paid to the Allies-about $1,428,000,000, and the British will, it is known, forego a claim to the major part of their share, which is about $2,618,000,000. The net offer will be between seven and eight billion dollars, and it is considered likely that France and Belgium, with the concurrence of Italy, will accept this figure. There is still, however, a possibility that Cuno will open the negotiations with a small offer; but such an action will depend on whether the British Government can persuade the French...
...charge of Dr. Paul R. Heyl. Under the Newtonian theory of gravitation, the crystals would vary in weight in certain positions. This Einstein denied, and Dr. Heyl has so far found no variation, though using scales so delicate that they can detect differences of one part in a billion...
Elbert H. Gary, U. S. Steel chairman, told stockholders at their annual meeting in Hoboken that the properties of the corporation had enhanced more than a billion dollars during its short history. Mr. Gary again flogged the immigration law, saying it was utterly...
...fact that German note circulation increased only 106 billion marks last week has surprised financial authorities, accustomed to recent weekly increases of 500 to 700 billion marks. Germany's expenditures the last ten days in March, however, were 12,511 times those of 1913, while her income was only 1,421 times greater...
...March 31, her floating debt amounted to 7,641 billion; the last Reichsbank statement showed a note circulation of 5,642 billion. These figures reflect the losses incurred in state owned postal service, telegraph and railway systems, as well as contributions made to the Ruhr inhabit ants...