Word: bonde
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...favor. Yet people will probably cling to their picturesque illusions all the more because they have small foundation. Where could one find a horrible example of religious bigotry to cartoon if New England refuses the role? what becomes of the ancestry societies if one's ancestor was a bond servant on a rundown tobacco farm? The public will see to it that these iconoclastic assertions are still-born; it would never do to see the United States join hands with Australia as a place whose social genesis is best not talked about...
...best bids. Moore & McCormack objected to several features of the offering, and when the Board refused to make concessions, withdrew their offer. So the Board closed with the Munson Line. Terms: $4,104,000, one quarter in cash, the remainder in 14 annual instalments at 4¼% interest; a bond of $1,000,000 to be put up to insure operation of the service for five years...
...there were 533 memberships which were increased in that year by admitting "The Government Bond Board" (173 seats) and "The Open Board of Brokers" (354) ; making 1,060. When 40 new members completed the total which has remained constant for 44 years, they were knicknamed "The Forty Thieves." A man who paid tne then fabulous price of $15,000 for his seat, was dubbed "King of The Forty Thieves...
Said Dr. John Roach Straton, militant Baptist fundamentalist clergyman: "Religion is the foundation of the State and the only bond for decent and orderly society. Anything seeking to overthrow the church is a scoffing at the foundation of government itself. The action of Mr. Justice Mitchell is very wise and very just...
...editors of the New Republic are interested in remedying a situation admittedly evil, rather than, as we suspect, in merely talking about it, they will float their bond issues and subscribe their dollars for the exploitation of a professional, and not a college, football team...