Word: cash
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Since Israel was created eight years ago, American Jews have sent more than $700 million in charitable contributions and more than $270 million in cash from bond sales. The bond sales alone amount to an astonishing 35% of Israel's special development budget, and match the federal expenditures of the U.S. Government for the first 26 years of its existence. Foreign Minister Meir, just back in Manhattan after touring the U.S. on behalf of Bonds for Israel, was both grateful and impressed over the current outpouring of funds. "I have found that everyone recognizes that Israel's position...
...Friends & Enemies. But smaller manufacturers, though publicly outraged, kept right on selling to Gattegno for the compelling reason that he pays cash, buys ten times more than his competitors (although they usually ask him to keep their transactions secret). And through Gattegno's own throwaway newspaper, Moins Cher (cheaper), Parisians heard and spread the word to 12,000 new customers last year alone, while the French government hinted that credit is surely possible for a man who understands so well how to cut the cost of living...
Flix Tix Stash Cash Judging by box-office appeal, Variety last week picked Hollywood's most successful movies since the industry first flickered into life. The top ten* films and their take (in millions) to date in the U.S. and Canada...
...Pauper Profit. In Detroit, arrested after he tried to mooch a nickel from a passerby, Panhandler Genter Adams turned over $166 in cash and a bankbook with a $5,728 balance to cops for safekeeping, chose a 90-day jail term instead of a $100 fine, explained: "I can't afford to take all that money out of the bank with the interest rates so high...
...response to a New York Times editorial of Jan. 7 which discussed the tendency of Series "E" government bonds holders to cash in their bonds, or fail to buy them in sufficient quantities, Seymour E. Harris '20, professor of Economics, declared that the small investor should receive a higher interest yield. His letter appeared in yesterday's issue...