Word: interest
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...once, but twice he came upon paintings which surely were not in Fogg when the Vagabond paid his last visit to the museum in June. Both of these treasures are now the property of the University and both are deserving of every true Vagabond's interest...
Chief difference between the McCormick and Wilson plans is that Heiress McCormick borrowed at 6% against stocks that might rise and offset interest charges, while Heiress Wilson borrowed at 6% against collateral that probably yields no more than 5%. The reason generally suspected to be in back of the Wilson move is that her collateral probably consists mostly of bonds that have no ready market. As the certificates are outstanding until 1932 and the collateral does not have to remain fixed, Heiress Wilson can therefore gradually sell her municipals as a market for them appears; meanwhile...
With the War came Mr. Guggenheim's interest in aviation. In March 1917, while taking a holiday in Florida, he saw the U. S. was at the War's threshold. He bought a Curtiss flying boat, took private instruction, and, when War was declared, received a lieutenant's commission in the naval air forces. Sent overseas, he organized naval air stations in England, France, Italy, won from the Italian government the Brevetto Superiore. After the War came another copper interlude, also the development of Chilean nitrate and Bolivian tin. But he was now engaged in the financial...
...troubles. He was far from satisfied with the way things were going presently at New Haven, or, for that matter, at any of the American colleges. We were all in a bad way. He had no particular criticism to make of the teaching; this did not greatly interest him. 'But undergraduates,' he held-and on this point he was positive-'are not the men they used...
...interest that besides regular city planning courses, the following are listed in the curriculum: in the first year, Fine Arts 1d, History of Mediaeval, Renaissance, and Modern Art; in the second year, Social Ethics 30, housing problems and the social aspects of Town Planning; and in the third year, Government 17a, Municipal Government, and Government 17b, Municipal Administration...