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Thirty three and one third percent of the gross proceeds from the sale of the articles will go to the owners, and similar amounts will be divided between the Syndicate and its editors. The Syndicate will defray all cost of printing, distribution, exploitation, and sales: keep the accounts, make collections, and in general conduct all the business matters connected with the service...
Devices: To persuade both political parties to stand for a national Prohibition referendum. To send two letters, costing 5c each, to the 27,000,000 citizens who will register to vote next year. To defray the $3,000,000 which this letter campaign and other publicity would cost, by inviting citizens and corporations to contribute in proportion to what they would save per annum if a liquor tax should replace the income tax. Failing a national referendum, to obtain more state referenda...
...proposed opera house need not be supported by royalty, nor by directors. Part of the building is a 26-story apartment house. The rent will help to defray maintenance...
...Under these circumstances, because of those who, relying on us and on our investigations, put their money into these securities, we hereby make the following offer. . . . We will defray the actual cost of [law suits]; and, in the end, will reimburse all depositors for the difference between the net amounts, if any, that may be finally received by you through such action or proceedings and the par value of the debentures deposited by them...
...Titanic struck an iceberg on her maiden trip and sunk with the loss of 1500 lives. The British Government invited the nations of the world to a conference held at London where an agreement was drafted and later signed by which all the powers agreed to help defray the expenses of an International Ice Patrol in proportion to their respective shipping...