Word: invest
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...complicated by an attack of double pneumonia. Said she: "I was sick. I was tired, I was disgusted, and there would be moments when everything seemed wrong and without purpose. And then, the thought would come: I have to give an accounting of my time. What have I invested? What have I saved? What interest have I earned? Where are my profits? No, I simply could not stop. I must go on. What would I do if I were suddenly to leave the hospital? I cannot live forever on the charity of my friends. I must stand...
...bylaws do not require its officers to own stock. "I wish to state," he added, "that I am an employee of the company and its servant, not one of its owners. I am not as fortunate as you, Mr. Gilbert. Such money as I am able to invest I have placed in defense bonds to help protect our beloved country. What I do with future funds is neither your business nor that of anyone else." The 70 stockholders in attendance applauded...
Tycoon MacArd's approach to the gap s that of a plain, blunt millionaire. Throw money over from the U.S. side, he argues, and new-type Indian leaders will emerge to invest it. But his idealistic son David thinks otherwise. Money, he believes, is not enough. India may be near to death hysically, but it is vibrant with religious vitality. The would-be missionary cannot convert Indians from behind a desk in Wall Street. He must live in their land and carry his faith to them. To his father's horror, David does just that...
...completed, and a great part of the U.S. tanker and freighter fleets is growing old. To stimulate construction, the Eisenhower Administration is backing two bills. One, passed by the Senate this week, would allow trade-ins of old tankers for new ones; the other would invite private capital to invest in ship "mortgages...
...undoubtedly secure for us the entire Fabrikoid [artificial leather], pyralin [celluloid], paint and varnish business . . ." But Pierre du Pont declared: "There was no discussion whatever [of this]. It was an unimportant statement ..." The only reason, said he, that Du Pont had bought into G.M. was to "get a good investment. . ." It was forced to invest millions more to buy out G.M. Founder William C. Durant, after his enormous losses in the stock market slump of 1920 threatened to ruin him and G.M. Pierre became president of G.M., but only, said he, "until a better-posted man could be found...