Word: cashing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...sidekick, the Panchen Lama, 19, Red-ruled gods-on-earth to some 3,000,000 Tibetans, neared the close of their six-week tour of India honoring the 2,500th anniversary of the death of Buddha-and celebrated in a great big way. Picking up $105,000 petty cash one morning at Calcutta's Communist-capitalist Bank of China, the Dalai Lama continued his madcap spending spree. No haggler, the Lama snapped up a $1,300 diamond-studded watch; when told it was a bit costly, he emitted a hearty, innocent laugh. He also amassed some German cameras, Swiss...
...businessman and too good at his business to take his occasional beatings lightly. He fights for every point. (At Wellington last week, when a close line call went against him, he turned to the stands and asked: "Is there an eye doctor about?") Victories on the tour mean cash-as Pancho has learned the hard way. He signed for $80,000 to play against Kramer in the 1950 season, was beaten so roundly that the next year his salary dropped...
Kirkland House has exceeded its goal of $800 in its three-day drive for funds enabling a Hungarian student to enroll in the College next year. House members have contributed $808.37 in cash and pledges since the drive began last Wednesday night, Robert S. November '58, drive chairman, reported last night...
Hodel issued this statement last night, ex planing the transaction: "Accounting for many memberships by check is both ethical and logical. It would have been foolhardy to carry on one's person nearly $100 in cash over a protracted period of time...
...Government has had a hard time selling its low-interest savings bonds at a time when other interest rates were climbing. In 1956 the Government sold $5 billion in E and H bonds, a big $600 million drop below estimated sales. What was worse, the public has flocked to cash in its savings bonds. In the first two weeks of 1957 the value of bonds cashed in actually topped sales by more than $450 million...