Word: cash
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Contribution. Dodd does not quarrel with the factual assertions in the committee report; he objects only to the interpretation the committee puts on them. In an interview, Dodd almost airily dismissed the charges against him. He said he had thought the contribution from International Latex-which he received in cash from a company official-had been collected from individuals. "I should have told him to go back and get everyone to write out checks," he conceded. The double billing for travel expenses? Merely "sloppy bookkeeping" by one of the four disaffected aides who instigated the investigation by filching Dodd...
...difference in the Princeton game was that the Tigers had an effective man-up offense (power play to hockey fans), while Harvard's man-down defense left something to be desired. Passing very well and spotting the open man, the hosts were able to cash in on five of the ten Crimson penalties, and started the debacle early, building up a seemingly in surmountable 6-1 halftime bulge...
After nine days off the air and on the lam, Johnny Carson came home to NBC. All was forgiven. Johnny was for givin' NBC the benefit of his presence if NBC was for givin' him the present of their benefits-that is, a lot more cash and a little more say-so over who runs the Johnny Carson show Tonight...
...cost consumers nothing-provided they pay their bills at the bank within 30 days. After that, the banks usually collect a highly profitable 1½%-a-month interest on the balance. Merchants who agree to honor the cards usually pay a 5% discount to exchange their charge slips for cash from the banks (v. up to 7% through American Express). In parts of the Midwest, competition has driven the rate down to 3%, but even that is not quite low enough to attract major retailers, who have a heavy investment in their own credit setups. President M. E. Arnett...
...winter, customers were squirreling money away in savings accounts, but the return of spring has put them in a mood to spend again. The Administration, too, has fertilized the economy with some extra cash. A billion dollars was turned back in the form of earlier-than-usual G.I. insurance dividends, and the higher withholding rate on federal income taxes has guaranteed a spendable rebate for many a taxpayer...