Word: money
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Augusto R. Leguia, President of Peru, learning that Rosa Vega, young Lima maidservant, had borne triplet boys, sent her a present of money, assured her his government would provide their education...
...Kreuger had achieved the first of his many monopolies. The monopolistic aspect of Herr Kreuger's activities have caused most comment and criticism. In Poland, Peru, Greece, Ecuador, Hungary, Esthonia, Jugo-Slavia, Rumania, Latvia he has an absolute match monopoly, guaranteed by the governments concerned in return for money loaned them by Herr Kreuger. From the standpoint of a government that is not too proud to monopolize, business done with Herr Kreuger is good business. The government gets large sums of needed cash and then repays the loan by a tax on matches. As for the match-users, they...
...haven't bet any money on the game, and I haven't any ideas as to who will win. Even 14 I had I wouldn't publish them now; I'd wait until after I was safely home from the dance...
...addition to the gifts which provide a considerable sum of money, the Corporation has provided sufficient funds to cover the cost of duplicate copies...
Jeanne Eagles, the star of "Jealousy" failed to show the brilliance which characterized her screen work in "The Letter" She plays the part of a wife who is supporting herself and her husband on the money supplied her by a former lover. The inevitable occurs; her husband suspects that the former relationship is not entirely terminated, and in an insanely jealous mood murders the man whom he realizes is ruining the happiness of his home...