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Word: borrowers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...with affection and loyal gratitude. I am not worthy of all the good things that have been said about me, and I am not worthy of this gift-this timely gift, I might say, It is timely because my old Ingersoll gave out last summer and I had to borrow a watch from my son. I'll never forget this night...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Content | 10/31/1927 | See Source »

...ethics of Jesus are the fragmentary ethics of a defeated intellect, the exhortation of a noble man perplexed by the concrete discordance of a 'pain-economy'--to borrow Professor Patten's graphic phrase...

Author: By H. B., | Title: HUMANIZING EDUCATION. By Samuel D. Schmalhausen. The Macaulay Co., New York, 1927. $2.50. | 10/17/1927 | See Source »

...account of her financial instability and the fact that the Mellon-Berenger debt accord was not ratified by the French Parliament, France was obliged to pay 8% on some issues floated in the U. S. Now, pointing proudly to the achievements of a year, M. Poincaré proposes to borrow money at a cheaper rate to pay back the outstanding indebtedness to the U. S., thus saving a considerable amount in interest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: National Finances | 9/12/1927 | See Source »

...played mostly in the country. Urchins borrow pitching gloves worn by their fathers through a career on the highschool nine, gather in a meadow, "measure a bat" for first up, compete through long summer mornings with protesting squeals and squawks that stir the catbirds to caustic music...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Catcher's Kids | 8/29/1927 | See Source »

...Federal Reserve Board last week gave permission to the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank to lower its re-discount rate from 4% to 3½%. This means that banks of the Tenth (Kansas City) Federal Reserve District which belong to the system, can borrow money for 3½% and consequently can afford to loan money to individuals and concerns at a relatively cheap rate. The lowered rate will have one effect of helping the farmers of the Tenth District harvest and ship the season's crops advantageously...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: 3 | 8/8/1927 | See Source »

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