Word: bond
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Adams snapped: "Brother, this is no matter to laugh about." He found Huie guilty of contempt, fined him $750 plus an estimated $22 for court costs. When Huie refused to pay the fine, he was clapped into jail. Last week, after three days, he was out under $2,500 bond, and announced that he would take his case to the Florida Supreme Court...
...they regularly expect and richly deserve. Few had bothered actually to read the new scale of fines, but according to the telejiol, Haiti's famed word-of-mouth communications network, merely sassing a cop could cost $24 instead of the traditional $1. Worse, they heard that a $40 bond was to be required of all drivers. Set against the standard fare of 10?, the new operating costs were plainly prohibitive...
...telejiol, however, proved wrong. To bring some discipline to the country's highways, the government had indeed raised maximum fines, but only to $15, and no bond was demanded. After that was made clear-and after President Magloire urged judges to go easy on fining the maximum-the drivers ended the four-day strike and returned to their wheels. With the stupidity over, market women went back to walking to Port-au-Prince. They have always thought the 10? fare too high for a mere five miles...
Sees Close Bond...
EUROPE'S BOND MARKETS are recovering. For the first time, the World Bank placed a dollar bond issue ($50 million, fiveyear, 2½%) completely outside the U.S. Investors in 23 countries oversubscribed it by $28 million...