Word: loan
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Handsome Tributes. The loan show was packed with surprises. Paul Mellon has been known publicly as a collector of 18th and 19th century British painting (TIME, July 5, 1963). Since his mother was English and he loved riding to hounds, it was a taste that came naturally. In fact, his first purchase at the age of 29 was a picture of a horse named Pumpkin by the English proto-romantic artist George Stubbs. Then, after his marriage in 1948 to Rachel Lambert (whom he calls "Bunny"), he began exchanging such horsy enthusiasms for the vivacious vegetation of the French impressionist...
...heisty heyday of the John Dillinger breed of gunman. Most bank jobs today, said Owens, are pulled by amateurs, who figure the bank is the place to go-with a gun-when they need cash "for medical bills, vacations, Christmas gifts, tuition payments" -even for payments on a bank loan...
Drawing a deep breath, Los Angeles' Mayor Samuel Yorty intoned: "Smog, transit, taxes, education, dangerous drugs, judicial appointments, bank charges, saving and loan charters, law enforcement and other great areas of state concern must be divorced from shoddy machine politics." Though his mammoth city has headaches enough of its own, the mayor's indictment was aimed at the Democratic administration in Sacramento. Thus, after years of feuding with Governor Pat Brown, Sam Yorty announced last week that he would challenge him for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in June...
...that Mark Twain hurled his way. He was quite capable of snubbing friends on the street -and equally capable of showing up just at dinnertime to borrow two quarts of whisky and a room to finish them in while knocking out a short story. "If he ever repaid a loan," grumbled Twain, who was himself touched for several thousand dollars, "the incident failed to pass into history...
...appeal, directed to private businessmen and corporations, is emphasizing HSA's dual role in business education and student financial aid. HSA figures indicate that investments in student businesses provide more money for financial aid than investments in either scholarship or low interest loan funds...