Word: cashing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...importance of this work was paramount. Only one other Briton eclipsed her achievements- Colonel Thomas Lawrence. They worked by similar means, both possessing an uncanny power of winning the confidence and loyalty of Arabians. The cash value of their services was set at $750,000 by the Turkish Empire which publicly offered that sum for their heads...
...stock dividend (TIME, July 5). Many think a 40% stock dividend will be declared. Others premise that the $100 par common stock will be doubled and put on a 4% or 5% dividend basis (the present rate is 7%). Still others suppose that the directors will issue a special cash dividend of $5 a share this very month. Meanwhile the real business of the U. S. Steel Corp. continues at a rate unusually high for July - around 80% of capacity. The whole steel industry produced more than 24,000,000 tons the past six months, is scheduled to produce...
William James (1842-1910) met the needs of his countrymen by assessing metaphysics at its "cash value" for the man in the street and by supplying a philosophic sanction for meetinghouse theology. His "pragmatism" turned the face of thought from considering the quiddities of scholasticism and the post-mortems of Evolution to the future, to "practical results." He talked about the "multiverse" instead of the universe, as being more flattering to individuals, who might then consider themselves important, active parts. John Dewey (1859-) of Columbia University has had a broader acquaintance with his countrymen than James and is freer...
...order the above, or any other books, inclose a check or cash to the Book Editor, making plain to whom you wish your purchases sent...
Last week there was a sudden announcement. Mrs. Vanderbilt had sold the house to Frederick Brown, realtor. He is to pay in full with cash and take title next February. The price was not named. Apparently the syndicate had forfeited its $500,000. Mr. Brown is a big operator. He has dealt in $35,000,000 worth of real estate in the past few years, although it is said that he came to this country as an immigrant boy with no money and little knowledge of English...