Word: crediteer
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...months in the senate proves that he has a mind of his own, as witness his American youth act, his investigation of the black legion, his proposal of a liberalizing amendment to the constitution, and his stoppage of the Minneapolis and St. Louis railroad grab. These accomplishments would do credit to any man's six years in the senate, to say nothing of six months. Then, with no previous experience in running for office, Mr. Benson went out and conducted a drive for election which would have done credit to the most seasoned campaigner...
...This tax, designed to shape and stimulate State action, will then be pocketed by the Government if the taxpayers' State has not yet set up an unemployment insurance system. In the 14 States which have created satisfactory insurance systems,* employers will contribute to a State fund, get a credit up to 90% of their Federal tax. From the balance which the Government collects, funds will be returned to the State for administering their systems. Though complying with it in this fashion, New York's legislators carefully made their law independent of the Federal Act, which was not, therefore...
...entirely eliminated locker-room oratory. Earnest, rotund, prematurely grey, he extends his good nature not only to his players but to his four assistants, with whom he discusses the week's plans for five hours every Sunday night, and to whom he assigns most of the credit for Northwestern's prowess...
...night superintendent of one of the Houses expressed himself as being in favor of a credit union plan similar to the one in effect at Fileno's and other department stores. By this system an employee is able to secure a life insurance policy at a greatly reduced premium, and also may voluntarily deposit part of his weekly savings and receive a greater amount of interest than a bank can pay on similar deposits...
...stadium last Saturday Virginia was represented by players whose sense of fair play and sportsmanship did the University credit. It is disappointing that in the field of editorial opinion a precisely opposite attitude should prevail. In their desire to have a winning team at any price the undergraduates of Virginia have indicted amateurism for crimes it never could have committed, and their cry, instead of being a call to a better world of sport, is nothing but the last shriek of retreat...