Word: money
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...monkey wrenches in the machinery of progress. On his own representation, he blocked the famous Geneva conference for a trifling monetary consideration. That he bent every effort toward doing so, there is no doubt. That he was paid to do just that thing, the corporations which gave him the money are endeavoring to disprove. The situation is disagreeable to every one except, perhaps, Mr. Shearer, who appears to derive the pleasures of life in what must be termed at best, unusual ways...
...each donation will be deposited in the National City Bank so that the accruing compounded interest will assure the return of the original capital. Furthermore, the organization will insure the life of each beneficiary. Prospective loaners are re-assured that only 3% of student loans are defaulted, that money loaned to the Lin- coln Fund will be sent directly to the institution the student elects, that in helping to pay a student's fees, they are also helping many an impoverished institution. Sample requests for assistance approved by the Lincoln Fund: The Dean of a small Eastern college wants...
...blind student of journalism in the South wants money to pay for a reader...
Returning to Chicago, Burns met Emily del Pino (later Mrs. Burns, the plaintiff), who was then "37, of good character and morals ... in possession of a flourishing business and doing well." Burns boarded at her mother's house, during which time he illegally obtained pay-check money while timekeeper for a construction company. He borrowed $2,500 from Emily del Pino, started his magazine. He never paid back the money, she says. After the magazine was started, Convict Burns and Plaintiff del Pino were married "to the entire satisfaction and good wishes of his family" (his brother is a minister...
...dedication Harvard marks the consummation of the campaign for a larger, better equipped Law School, begun in March, 1926, with an appeal to the American people for funds. As a result of this campaign, a large sum was secured for buildings and land, and with a part of this money the new Langdell Hall was completed...