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Word: dollarses (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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This attitude, needless to say, is unfortunate. For, like Pogo and Andres Segovia, like Li'l Abner and Beet-hoven's Ninth, generosity is a fine and beautiful thing. What is ten dollars? Two long-play records, three first balcony seats, 700-odd cigarettes, two Elsie's meal tickets. If...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: It's Easy | 12/1/1959 | See Source »

By way of compromise, Seligman promised to pay a $60 monthly bribe, was assured that he would no longer be bothered with summonses; if by chance he was ticketed by another inspector who was not in on the take, Seligman was told that Loughran would overlook it. In this way...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: The Cheaters | 11/30/1959 | See Source »

Success in meeting the goal, which is $3,000 higher than last year's, will depend on the effectiveness of entry solicitors in contacting students and on the awareness of the student body that ten dollars is the gift expected and requested, Howard J. Phillips '62, co-chairman of the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Banquet Kicks Off Charities Campaign | 11/30/1959 | See Source »

Richard Crystal '62, the other chairman, stressed that ten dollars is a reasonable annual contribution to charity. "Inflation makes the increased giving doubly necessary," Crystal said. He further compared the $15,000 goal at Harvard with the $40,000 contributed annually at Yale and the $28,000 at Princeton. The...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Banquet Kicks Off Charities Campaign | 11/30/1959 | See Source »

WASHINGTON, Nov. 29--President Eisenhower has decided to ask Congress for a new foreign aid appropriation of slightly more than four billion dollars, including a substantial increase in funds for military assistance.

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: Red China Charges U.S. Consul With Abduction of Staff Worker; President Seeks Increase in Aid | 11/30/1959 | See Source »

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