Word: credititis
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...easy? Let the list be reconsidered. Of the states which voted for Woodrow Wilson and which, in the above estimate, have so far been left to Governor Smith's credit, Democratic chances are weakess in Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma and Wyoming, all of whose votes total 39. Subtract 39 from Governor Smith's previous total of 266-the result is 227: Governor Smith is defeated...
...loans authorized the United States Government to sell Liberty bonds to its own people, and to invest the proceeds of these bonds in the bonds of these foreign Governments.... What we allowed our associates to do, in effect, was to borrow money in our investment market, but since their credit was not as good as ours, to borrow on the credit of the United States rather than on their...
...purchased supplies and services from France and the British Empire by hundreds of millions. They had to be paid for in francs and in pounds. We did not get those francs and pounds on credit-we paid cash for them, except possibly in a few comparatively minor instances. In other words, we paid cash for the goods and services necessary to enable us to make our joint contribution to the common cause. Our associates got the goods and services purchased in this country necessary to enable them to make that part of their joint contribution on credit. Here...
...notable excess," said Premier-Finance Minister Raymond Poincaré, before the Chamber of Deputies, "a really notable excess of revenue over expenditures, Messieurs, has been achieved under my direction for the first time since the War. When I assembled my Cabinet (TIME, Aug. 2), we were forced to obtain credits of 930,000,000 francs [$179,490,000] from large concerns, but every centime has now been repaid and 7,500,000,000 francs [$1,447,500,000] to our credit in the Bank of France. [Applause.] I repeat, Messieurs les Deputés 'a notable excess...
...Umpire. It is the Umpire's function to settle disputes, to give or withhold credit for this or that answer. The Umpire is omnipotent and is empowered to banish people from the house, if necessary...