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Word: excepts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...remedy such a situation, a sliding scale of rediscount rates was adopted, notes beyond a certain amount sent in by member banks for rediscount being charged an advancing rate of interest, reaching even nine and ten percent when the total ran exceptionally large. The banks were thus hindered from increasing unduly the regular lines of credit extended to their customers, and the business firms, in their turn, unable to borrow further except at exorbitant rates, were forced when in need of ready money to realize on their merchandise. A late season, tardy deliveries, a generally slow market, and the necessity...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A KANSAS CITY OBJECT-LESSON. | 5/24/1920 | See Source »

...students will be furnished transportation, and, during the trip, will receive commutation of rations at the rate of three dollars a day. Upon arrival at camp, they will receive board, lodging, and all necessary equipment, except toilet articles and under-clothing, free of charge. The camp will last six weeks...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CHANGE GYMKHANA DATE | 5/22/1920 | See Source »

...force before it is needed can only act as a provocation for violence. The ability to keep cool in a crisis is unhappily too rare. Where it occurs, the crisis usually passes off without further friction. In labor disputes, perhaps more than anywhere else, violence can never be justified except as the last resort, in the face of actual danger. Its untimely use is invariably disastrous. When once we realize this, our labor conflicts will be at once less bloody and less frequent...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GUN-PLAY | 5/22/1920 | See Source »

...having taken place in December and March. These concerts have been so successful that the management is planning to give a similar series next year, but in Symphony Hall. Several well-known artists have been engaged as soloists. This is the Glee Club's last concert of the year except for the informal open-air singing on the steps of the Library...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TRIPLE CONCERT MAY 27 | 5/22/1920 | See Source »

Tonight in Brattle Hall at 8 o'clock the Freshman Musical Clubs will give their only concert of the year, except for their part in the Jubilee on June 2d. The concert will consist of songs by the Glee Club under the direction of W. C. Bennett, who also leads the Standish Hall singers in the interdormitory singing at the Jubilee, and of selections by the Instrumental Clubs. Special numbers will be played by J. G. Flint and M. Fish. Lowe's Orchestra has been engaged to play for the dancing, which will follow the concert. Tickets...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 1923 MUSICAL CLUBS IN CONCERT | 5/21/1920 | See Source »

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