Word: debt
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...begun-but in the ugly classical pattern that was set a century before in the textile mills of England. Cotton mills moved south to take advantage of hand-to-mouth labor conditions. The "lint-heads," as cotton-mill workers were called, huddled together in drab mill villages, chronically in debt to the company store. They worked a 55-to 60-hour week for around $15 (as compared with a 48-to 54-hour week in New England for about...
Last week, at a little service of dedication, Mrs. Anderson was handed the debt-free deed to a $19,000, grey-shingled, four-bedroom house and its lot. In the course of the afternoon, between 150 and 200 people dropped in to wish her well. Said she: "I regard it as a tribute to my husband, as a beautiful monument to his memory." Said St. Andrew's new pastor, Reuben Swanson: "It is an expression of the love of God in the hearts...
...said that although a 12-billion-peso debt existed when he took over, Argentina "does not owe a cent to anyone" now. Fact is that Argentina owes $125 million borrowed last year from the U.S. Export-Import Bank...
...while the cost of living rose to a point almost three times that of Chicago. In the provinces, landlords continued to take 70% of the crops for themselves, getting interest of 100% to 200% on loans to tenants who were already so deeply in debt that their grandsons would not own enough land to live on or a carabao to plow...
Orange & Black & Blue. This kind of blocking, plus astute "line quarterbacking," rips open holes big enough for any back, and Kazmaier is the first to acknowledge his debt to the hard-charging Princeton line. He is also blessed with half a dozen agile, sure-fingered pass receivers like Quarterback George Stevens, Ends Len Lyons and McPhee, one of the few who plays on both the offensive and defensive platoons and himself a likely All-America candidate. And one of the big reasons for Princeton's success this year is the defensive platoon, "quarterbacked" by Captain Dave Hickock. "They...