Word: collected
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...rich $85 a share -or a total $425 million for control of the company-Ling has seen his investment tumble by 59%. That Ling would now choose to get out of growth businesses and stay with a troubled company in a stagnant industry seems surprising. But LTV stands to collect some $17.5 million in dividends from J. & L. for last year, while Braniff paid only $5.1 million and Okonite $2.1 million...
Most of the argument focuses on the fact that accident victims must prove that another driver was at fault-and then collect from that driver's insurer. As a result, say critics, litigation causes long delays and ballooning premium rates, and many victims get no payment...
...already aroused the interest of authorities in many other states, some of whom have tried but failed to institute less comprehensive systems. The plan would provide prompt payment by sweeping away the legal need to fix the blame in cases of bodily injury. Instead, an accident victim could collect medical costs and compensation for lost income for himself and his passengers from his own insurance company. By minimizing legal, investigative and administrative expenses and other costs, this system, say state insurance officials, could reduce auto insurance premiums by an estimated...
...space that is more and more costly in downtown buildings. The choice out-of-print and rare books are being absorbed by new colleges and universities, especially since tax laws now make it more profitable for collectors to donate their libraries to institutions than to sell them. Fewer Americans collect books now, and more and more often they get them from book clubs, or buy paperbacks...
...their profit. In San Francisco the Tavern Guild favors maintaining the ghetto, for it is through ghetto culture that they make a buck. We crowd their bars not because of their merit but because of the absence of any other social institution. The Guild has refused to let us collect funds or pass out gay liberation literature in their bars-need...