Word: coverer
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Purchases by railroads cover almost the whole field of commodities and are always important as a factor in general business prosperity. Many lines of industry have owed much of their activity in the past few years to the heavy spending of railway officials. In 1923. capital expenditures for locomotives amounted to $208,966,280; for cars. $472,757,711; and for other improvements. $377,425,435?or a total of $1,059,149,426. During the present year, authorized expenditures for locomotives are $101,233,000; for cars, $412,264,000: and for other improvements $563,800,000?...
...Extension of the budget system to cover the entire financial program of the Administration each year, and not only the operating expenses of the various departments...
There is nothing like putting one's best foot forward, and certainly this Yale Game Lampy does that with an excellent cover by Saunders. Picture, if you will, a Shakesperian gentleman of no small fame, standing with a canine skull in hand, background of blue clouds and what might be Dunsinane Castle but looks more like a stadium, --and the words in his mouth you have guessed by this time. "Alas Poor Y--!" All well done, but we doubt if we can agree that the rest of the number holds up to that standard...
...reader of TIME from cover to cover every week, I think I can fairly offer a line of criticism about your handling of a personal item...
...throughout the whole contest. As they approached the finish, both on the verge of exhaustion, Tibbetts forced himself a few inches into the lead, but due to mistaking the finish line lost his advantage and the race. The handling of the large crowd of spectators who were allowed to cover all except three feet of the white finish line, and to stand behind it, was inexcusable. Smith finished in 27.04 and Tibbetts in 27.08. Smith broke the course record by 40 seconds...