Word: coste
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Coolidge had to make a choice. He might go four miles to the Presbyterian Church at Nebagamon, where expectant elders were viewing new and expensive decorations. Or, he might attend the tiny Congregational Church at the Brule crossroads, painted cream-yellow an'd freshly trimmed at the staggering cost (for a congregation of 30) of $800. If he went to Brule, who should have the honor of preaching? Should gray-haired, blind John Taylor, a mere layman, be allowed to fill the pulpit as usual? Or should Brule call upon the Rev. B. Ernest Bayes, ordained pastor from...
...Sullivan. Says Brennan: "The job of boss was a big jackpot. I happened to be the only man around the table who had openers." Once, also, he was the only man present in an emergency when two cars of a moving train had to be uncoupled, a distinction which cost him a leg. Watching him stump cheerily about the hall, coralling his Cook County forces, delegates reserve their sympathy for Oklahoma's Gore, who lost both eyes as a child, one by a playmate's stick, the other by an arrow from a crossbow...
Tariff. "We reaffirm our belief in the protective tariff as a fundamental and essential principle of the economic life of this nation. . . . We realize that there are certain industries which cannot now successfully compete with foreign producers because of lower foreign wages and a lower cost of living abroad, and we pledge the next Republican Congress to an examination and where necessary a revision [upward], of these schedules...
Henry Ford emerged from a 1928 model Ford sedan to browse in the antique shop of Mrs. L. A. Eaton at Conneaut, Ohio. His browsing cost him $1,100; cost Mrs. Eaton practically her entire stock. Strict prohibitionist, Collector Ford defied the Volstead law, bought a bottle of Milwaukee beer, vintage 1848. Two days later Ford employes celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Ford Motor Co. by working...
...Porters receive life insurance without cost to them, pensions on retirement . . . loans without interest, legal assistance, welfare work...