Word: certain
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Packard writes, "Let them keep quiet and pay what they owe, which is what they always pretend they are doing." Certain State's of the Union are keeping very quiet, but make no pretense of paying what they owe to Great Britain...
...lady whose home is now the White House has defined a home as follows: "A place where people who love each other can spend their leisure hours, and a certain number of working hours, happily together...
...dollars over 58 years was met by Dr. Schacht with an absolute refusal to pay more than 15 billions over 37 years. The Allies were particularly incensed by the fact that Germany's "Iron Man" made a portion of his offer conditional upon the return to the Fatherland of certain territory and colonies which she gave up by ratifying the Treaty of Versailles. Blamed by all the Allied delegates for dynamiting the committee, stubborn Dr. Schacht left Paris for a five-day visit to Berlin...
...American delegates have prepared certain figures for annuities which we have shown to Dr. Schacht and he has informed us that he will be prepared to accept those figures if the creditor Powers will accept them...
...quite certain the records will show that Virginia has been more hurt by the withholding of legitimate news than by its free publication. Several examples of this have recently occurred. If only good news is published the reading public will have scant respect for its value. All the news should come out, whether for good or ill. The very fact that it is going to be printed will increase efforts to prevent the happening of things that are more to our injury than credit. And this is especially true of continuing conditions, brought out by studies of the institution itself...