Word: fixedly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...their frosty Thanksgiving morning, Chicagoans massed in the parks of the Midway, along sidewalk and gutter, all facing toward the University of Chicago's Gothic chapel, as the sound of bells from no direction that one could fix filled and emptied the air, now eerily fading, now resurging like a seashell's roar, brassily clanging, diminishing, mellowing into silver chimes. It was the University of Chicago's first carillon concert. In the 200-ft. tower of the chapel, Carilloneur Kamiel Lefévere, humped on his bench, was striking with clenched fists the keys of a huge...
...Minnie. When he set up in business for himself it was Minnie who really made things go. At times she was his mistress, but never in office hours. Minnie finally realized that Richard was not the mistress-loving type, that he was essentially a homebody. So she tried to fix things up with Lucille, but of course it did not work. When Richard died of a heart attack on a Lackawanna ferry. Minnie could remember him comfortably, but Lucille had to lie about...
...impossible to trade in cash it would be better to go back to barter than not trade at all. To speed the swapping, they suggested the establishment of "barter bonds," to be issued by each of the nations wishing to trade with Britain. The respective central banks would fix their own internal par value of such bonds in each case and they would be used instead of cash to pay for goods...
Nittany, Pa., October 13:--Confucius! why was admirable foreknowing not apparent in abhorred paper last week stop Repetition will be ruin stop Must receive reply to satisfaction, enclose cash stop Here have peered at honorable opposition, will fix destiny tomorrow stop Occult art have been employed by Digest Poll to predict income, but money few and distant stop In blue funk stop Rose, felt ill this morning, atmosphere too warm for long stay stop Tomorrow will wish for weather more coolish, proceed to Tigerville to eat curry with laymen stop Will arrive Cambridge midnight, son I Fling accompanies stop Must...
Other steps taken by Mr. Hopson to pull himself out of his fix: 1) as with Staten Island Edison, offering to exchange new bonds for those falling due; 2) borrowing $3.500,000 last week from a group headed by Chase Harris Forbes and Halsey, Stuart & Co. to pay off holders who turned down his offers; 3) starting an intensive campaign to sell strong mortgage bonds of his operating subsidiaries to his customers and his security holders...