Word: cash
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Those who wish to receive a cash prize--if they win the contest--should also submit a sealed envelope containing their real name as well as their pen name...
...welcome, Ne Win next made it impossible for them to take anything of value when they left. Large-denomination banknotes were abruptly declared invalid, and even after that, adults were allowed to take only 75 rupees ($15.75) out of the country with them. Though Indian women traditionally convert their cash into gold jewelry and even decorate their children with bangles and bracelets, the Burmese stripped departing Indians of all their jewelry. Many Hindu women were forced to give up the gold and black mangal sutra necklaces that they wear as a symbol of marriage...
...toward explaining why they have always behaved with such freezing contempt toward the wretched public that lines up to buy ice-free tickets at the wicket. Brokers testified that they regularly delivered envelopes to box offices containing checks covering the list price of tickets plus agreed amounts of extra cash, usually about $5 to $7 for an orchestra seat...
...persuaded the British to make up budget deficits of Malawi for its first five years of nationhood. He has established friendly relations with the Portuguese, who control his only outlet to the sea. He has persuaded London's Colonial Development Corporation to advance the bulk of the cash needed for a Shire River power project now abuilding. He is negotiating a loan from West Germany, has received technical assistance from...
Chestnut had hoped to convince the sheriff to accept property bonds instead of cash to avoid the need for filing in the federal court, 169 miles away in Mobile. The sheriff, however, has insisted on cash...