Word: moneys
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, millions, money poured into the national political treasuries. The G. O. P. was first to announce a figure surpassing the $4,000,000 estimates set at the beginning of the campaign. National Republican Treasurer Joseph Randolph Nutt took pains to explain that he had collected in a double capacity, for the National Committee and for the State Committees. His double-entry books showed a total collection...
...potent indeed is Britannia's backing that Editor Frankau has declared: "There is no limit to the money we are able to spend! It cuts no ice in an undertaking of this size. This paper is going to reflect the new spirit of England?the business England of today. They may call Britannia a 'jingo weekly' if they like! After all patriotism is the biggest factor in any successful endeavor. The idea is that everything going into Britannia, from machinery to brains will be all British...
There are two plans under consideration for the hangar itself. First, to use all the money in constructing a large commercial hangar which could be rented as a single unit. Second, to use part of the funds to build a small hangar for club use primarily, and to invest the remainder to serve as a permanent endowment fund which would allow the club to increase its operations and to lower its flying rates. The question can not be definitely decided until the plan for the Boston airport is agreed upon...
...Henry tells the one and only lucky typewriter mistake. "Her typewriter began to rattle and jump like a strike-breaker's motor car," wrote O. Henry in his short story, "Springtime a la Carte." . . . How, unable to find her sweetheart in New York . . . her money running low . . . she earned her meals by typing menus . . . and hammered out instead of "Dandelion Greens with Hard-Boiled Egg," "Dearest Walter with Hard-Boiled Egg." And fortunately "Dearest Walter" wandered into the restaurant, found his name on the menu . . . and they lived happily ever after...
Bitter words to a dead man. More bitter had been the Journal's polemics of the past six months. For many an analyst believed it was the Strong policy of easy money which led to the stock market's frenzied speculation. And many a bull, in Manhattan and in Chicago, damned bitterly the Federal Reserve Bank's efforts to undo, by raising the rediscount rate, the mischief it had done. Most bullish of all bulls is the Journal. Most hateful, therefore, is the present high rediscount rate...