Word: crediteer
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...gaily that night. Admirers he had by the millions, acquaintances by the thousands, advisers by the hundreds, friends by the score, but of intimates such as Louis Howe he had only one. On election night 1932, in the first hour of his triumph, he gave credit to those to whom he was most indebted: "There are two people in the United States, more than anybody else, who are responsible for the great victory. One is my old friend and associate, Colonel Louis McHenry Howe, and the other is that splendid American, Jim Farley...
Running off its peace meeting with dignity and decorum that belie the name of "strike", the Student Union's Peace Committee can at last take credit for raising Harvard pacifistic celebrations to the level of reason and respectability. An attitude of calm and mature deliberation held sway in Sanders Theatre yesterday which marks a decided improvement over the late reign of terror on Widener's battle-scarred steps and will inevitably do more real good for the cause of peace. Professional patriots like the Legion cannot attack the gathering at Sanders as they handled rebellious Chicago school children, or obfuscate...
...bunch of weight men, headed by Irving Folwarthshny and William Rowe, each of whom is potentially capable of ten foot more in the hammer throw than Norm Cahners, top Harvard man who hurled it 162 feet in the recent handicap meet. Folwarthshny also has a world record to his credit in the 35-pound weight throw, won in winter competition...
...Hull, as the share cropper beset with family troubles and besieged by starvation, who would rather work than borrow, if work on credit he can, who would rather borrow than steal, and who would sooner steal than leave the land on which he was raised and of which he feels himself an integral part, is superb. There is a certain gallantry in his self-willed squalor that remains as one of the abiding impressions of the play. His supporting cast is excellent, and as a team, they manage to pull the very best possible from the script. On the whole...
Even with the current 3% coupons, Land Bank bonds are not hard to sell. Taxexempt, secured by first farm mortgages or Government bonds, they are joint and several obligations of all twelve Land Banks, which are supervised by the Farm Credit Administration. Unlike Home Owners' Loan Corp. bonds, Land Bank bonds are not Government-guaranteed. All recent Land Bank issues have been sold to refund outstanding bonds with higher coupons. And since by law the Land Banks may charge borrowers no more than 1% in excess of the rate at which they themselves are able to borrow, Mr. Dunn...