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Word: commissionless (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1925-1925
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...waded ashore to a virgin island, found copra?the beginning of an industry that is now worth $22,000,000 annually. It stood for Captain Dollar ?the idol of China's merchants, who, in half a century, never caused him a single "bad debt." It stood for the commissionless Ambassador Dollar who pacified the Mikado in person. Many freighters now fly that sign?and seven? passenger boats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SHIPPING: The $ | 4/13/1925 | See Source »

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