Word: buck
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...EXILE-Pearl S. Buck-Reynal " Hitchcock...
Five years ago Pearl Sydenstricker Buck convinced U. S. readers that there was good earth in China, and that its tillers were sympathetic human beings not unlike themselves. Her masterly translation of another classic truth {All Men Are Brothers; TIME, Oct. 16, 1933) fell on somewhat deafer ears. Last week she attempted an even more difficult reconciliation: exile and patriotism, missions and motherhood. Author Buck wrote this book about a missionary's wife as if it were a novel, but readers soon guessed she was telling the thinly disguised story of her mother's life. Few readers...
...Emperor displayed unwavering courage, flayed The Deal to correspondents, and assented when his Acting Secretary of State, Mr. Everett Andrew Colson, a native of Warren, Me., advised from Addis Ababa that Ethiopia should not take upon herself the onus of rejecting the Franco-British proposal but should pass the buck to the League of Nations...
...installments. At the end of 1934, there were 450 shares paid up, 10,890 shares canceled. On remaining shares there were unpaid balances totaling $11,114,000. Largest unpaid balance belonged to President Grace, who contracted for 67,500 shares on which he owed $5,206,000. Mr. Buck owed $1,489,000 on 15,750 shares and Mr. Bent owed $1,503,000 on 15,750 shares. Debtors paid 5% interest on balances but could also apply to them dividends (when declared) on the stock...
...HOUSE DIVIDED-Pearl S. Buck...