Word: demanding
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Threadneedle Street was seeking a credit abroad in the amount of one billion dollars. It was pointed out that short-term French credits in London last week almost equalled the gold reserve of the Bank of England, that the Old Lady must be ready to meet any sudden French demand, that she faces moreover two major Empire monetary problems: 1) Chancellor of the Exchequer Rt. Hon. Philip Snowden's reputed intent to convert a huge part of the $48,000,000,000 British 5% War bonds now outstanding, paying off the holders with the proceeds of a loan floated...
Washington Expects, Demands. With the Young Plan on the carpet for inspection last week, the Hoover Administration thought it timely to announce once more through Undersecretary of the U. S. Treasury Ogden Livingston Mills that the sums which the Allies expect to receive from Germany and those which the Allies are expected to pay the U. S. in settlement of their War debts are "unrelated"-that even if Germany defaults, the U. S Government (not to be confused with U. S. holders of German 5½'s) will still expect and demand to be paid by the Allies...
...sugar market, lost everything-including some money entrusted to him-when the outbreak of the war closed the Stock Exchange. Back in Manhattan he became more and more deeply involved. Extravagant living made hopeless any effort to pay his debts. At the end of four years a court demand for an accounting of his trust caused the final break. Walking with his wife one day Chapin was accosted by an aged beggar woman. His wife shuddered and said: "Suppose I should come to that." Chapin, already planning suicide, feared what might befall his wife after he was gone. That night...
Colleges today are prone to emphasize the importance of professors as "great men." This is a natural outcome of large classes which tend to minimize a man's ability to teach. The chief demand, now, of a professor is that he know something well...
Everyone at the Round Table Conference (see p. 21) knew last week that for a long time to come India will enjoy exactly the measure of freedom Great Britain may choose to grant. Interest centered not on any Indian demand or request but wholly on three British tomes...