Word: investable
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...case he is sincere in his proposal, it is unfortunate that he should have chosen such an efficient way of advertising Mr. Masters' book. If his law is passed, the publishers will have even more cause for rejoicing. The surest way to invest the volume with the entrancing glamor of "truth crushed to earth" is to question its moral worth...
...nothing. A closer study, of course, reveals that it is not quite that, but that it is almost a matter of killing two birds with one stone. By way of explanation, it may be assumed that the majority of graduating students will, if they have not already done so, invest in some form of life insurance. A smaller majority also plan, in accordance with the precepts of duty and in preparation for a future junket, to contribute something toward the class fund...
...between the ages of 18 and 22: go to work? go around the world? go to college? Said Dr. Samuel Smith Drury, rector of St. Paul's School (Concord, N. H.) in his annual report last week: "Let a father ask his boy: 'Do you want to invest four years of your life while I invest $10,000 of family money in this venture?' " Let them not assume that "a boy whose father can afford it should go to college regardless of profiting thereby...
...Angeles 55 years ago, Mr. Meyer was graduated from Yale (1895), studied banking and finance abroad for two years, set himself up in Wall Street in 1901 as Eugene Meyer Jr. & Co. He prospered not by playing hunches but by carefully analyzing companies in which he was about to invest. Once he explained his success thus: "You just go to New York and take an interest in things. You just look around." In 16 years Mr. Meyer had made all the money he wanted and more. When War came in 1917 he was only too glad to quit the financial...
Gloomed Hearst Colyumist Arthur Brisbane: "A miracle MIGHT happen, the winner of the $149,000 MIGHT invest the money wisely, take care of it, enjoy prosperity. . .". The general rule is, 'Once a gambler, always a gambler,' until the money gives...