Word: lends
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...mark.* As a result there remained not sufficient sums at the disposal of individuals desiring to borrow for productive enterprise. Therefore, Dr. Schacht informed the German bankers, they must undertake to reduce their loans to market speculators, not by raising their rate of interest, but simply by refusing to lend to other than productive businessmen. If they would not cooperate. . . . But Dr. Schacht knew that they would. . . . His power as President of the Reichsbank, backed by the possibility of Government-sponsored legislation, was not to be thwarted. Soon the banks announced "voluntarily" an arbitrary reduction of all loans to market...
...further bill passed by the Imperial Parliament authorized the Bank of Japan to lend up to 200,000,000 yen ($99,700,000) in order to restore financial institutions in Formosa which went bankrupt amid the panic...
...exorbitant. It is well that as sane and char eyed a man as MacDonald should have reminded America that the working man gets a bank balance or a Ford in return for his deprivation. His words more than counters balance the drivel with which Judge; Jr., ot al unintentionally lend point to the convictions of Mr. Boreh, Senator Pepper, and the late John L. Sullivan...
...Shakespeare's plays," he continued, "The Taming of the Shrew,' with its broad comedy and somewhat coarse wit, should lend itself best to presentation in modern dress. With this alteration, however, the psychology of the actors must completely change, for instead of acting in sweeping gestures and self conscious style which is always necessary in costume plays the players will have to change to the modern style of repression in which their actions must be cloaked behind a carefully cultivated finesse...
...third field of finance. For several years now they have operated successfully as commercial bankers. Last February they organized American Home Builders Inc., to finance house construction at low rates. (Here they compete with savings & loan societies.) Last week's creation was the Continental Bank, at Cleveland, to lend money to workers upon personal securities. Although Continental Bank and similar personal loan banks to be set up over the country with railway brotherhood financing will to some extent compete with the various Morris Plan Banks,* their chief aim is to undermine loan sharks and salary buyers. William Granville...