Word: debt
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...plants had grown antiquated. To scurf the rust, the House of Morgan brought in Lawyer Myron C. Taylor, who had made $20 million, while still a young man, by putting rickety textile firms back on their feet. Taylor paid off $340 million of Big Steel's bonded debt just before the 1929 crash, thus enabling it to live through the depression, when-for the first time-it lost money. Taylor modernized equipment and, more importantly, changed Big Steel's labor relations...
...theatre season thus far has been overflowing with frothy comedies and exuberant musicals. The public owes a debt of gratitude to Messrs. Marquand and Osborn for this thoughtful piece...
...movement but its soul and guiding spirit." Rising slowly from her chair, Evita read her reply in a low-pitched voice. She thanked Perón "for having taught me to know you and love you." She had left her bed to come, she said, because of her debt of gratitude "to Perón and to you, the workers-I do not care whether I have to part with pieces of my life to pay it." For two minutes the crowd chanted: "Our lives...
...political interference in my department for years. I don't mind doing favors for people, but I do mind being asked to obstruct justice." Editorially, the Boston Herald cried out: "Never in the history of Cambridge has been increasing its total to nearly other cities have been reducing their debt, Cambridge has been increasing its total to nearly...
Atkinson's biggest achievement in office has been pulling Cambridge out of its financial mess. Before Plan E, the city's debt was $11,559,500; at the end of 1950, the debt was down to $3,599,700. Despite this Atkinson also has given to fire and policemen seven pay raises and four raises to other city employees. In the five years preceding Plan E, there were no pay raises for any employee...