Word: busting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Sorry to make you bust this ten, kiddo...
...director of Berlin's great Kaiser Friedrich Museum; of apoplexy; in Berlin. Punditical Dr. von Bode guarded and increased the collections entrusted to him. He told the true from the false, dominated the German connoisseurship of his time. But once he paid approximately $40,000 for a wax bust of Flora, which he called the work of Leonardo da Vinci. He put it in a place of honor in the Berlin museum, then found it to be by a modern Britisher...
...Straight Bust: A business man, through bad commercial judgment or bad markets, overstrains his credit, owes more than he can pay, gives up all assets to the Court, conscientiously assists in settling his debts...
...Crooked Bust: A business man deliberately uses his credit to obtain excessive loans or merchandise, conceals his assets from the court, defrauds his creditors...
Only a thin line of intention divides the two classes. The Crooked Bust is a criminal offense...