Word: loan
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...open secret that in this affair there are only imagary dates of payment, which will lead up to a loan with solid security in the shape of our territorial possessions, as was the case for Turkey. Such a thing, Mr. President, I am bound to tell you we shall never accept...
...Past. In 1916 during his second term as governor, Jim Ferguson was careless enough to get impeached by letting it seem as though he may have used state funds and a "loan" from brewers to save a bank of his from collapsing. Though deprived of civic eligibility, he thumbed his nose and ran again in 1918 anyway. He even ran for President in 1920, getting 100,000 votes. Two years ago he conceived and executed his brilliant scheme of having his wife elected Governess on an Anti-Klan plank. An amnesty bill was ram med through the legislature to make...
...enumerate positive results, . . . the entire [Austrian] fiscal policy is again based on solid foundations; the League's loan to Austria is considered everywhere as one of the safest investments in Europe, especially because it is covered in pledged revenues and securities more than four times its value...
...Smith has administered the $50,000,000 League loan to Hungary in such a manner as to balance the Hungarian budget and stabilize the Hungarian crown. Though taxes in Hungary are still crushingly heavy, the cost of living has steadily declined during the Smith regime. It was anticipated that he would require 2½ years to balance the Hungarian budget. Six months sufficed him. He spent less than one-fifth of the stabilization loan...
They formed the "57th St. and 5th Ave." Corporation and had plans drawn for a magnificent 55 story hotel. Then they went to bankers to negotiate a loan. The bankers promised to furnish $16,000,000 but wished certain changes made in the plans. They thought that 13 stories should be lopped off the design and some of the splendor eliminated. So plans for a 42 story hotel were prepared. Then for an unpublished reason the members of the syndicate fell out with one another...