Word: moneys
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...York's swart La Guardia began to talk: "Mr. Chairman and gentlemen, I am as 'Wet' as any man in this House. . . . What we as 'Wets' ought to do ... is . . . insist upon the Prohibition Bureau having sufficient men, appropriating enough money. ... If the American people want Prohibition ... it will cost them anywhere from...
These dogs are, as the case may be, worthless or precious beyond monetary considerations. Not so the dogs who get around to dog shows. There, every dog has a price; as he wins more prizes his value increases, his stud fees or her puppies are worth more money. With this speculative element in the sport, breeding pedigreed dogs becomes a business. Talavera Margaret, for instance, the winner of the show, was when very young sold by her breeder for $15. Later, he rebought her and sold her for $1,250, a fraction of her present value. The prizes offered...
...sounds sweet to be knocked out: no feeling at all," the heavyweight champion of New England told the reporter. "It doesn't bother a bit: you just get up and collect your wits and your money." He stopped to weigh in, while the CRIMSON representative watched various near-great boxers punching the bag or each other, while men in all walks of life entered Kelley and Hayes' Gymnasium at $.25 a head of watch them. Sharkey returned to tape his hands and went on to give his opinion of the Dempsey-Tunney fight at Chicago. "If it hadn't been...
...class of 1905. At that time Harvard was at the top of intercollegiate golf. He believed that if the University wants to be in a commanding position in golf today it should build a course. If the Athletic Association is unable to afford one, Mr. Ouimet believes that the money could easily be raised among the alumni...
...they often get ten per cent discount on merchandise and they travel for half-fare on the railroads. 10. 'They are so favored by the kindly attention of wealthy and leading parishioners that their children enter the highest social life.' 11. They are often able to save money, especially when, 'through the kindness of financial leaders who are on their church boards,' they are let in on the ground floor on good investments. 12. The pension fund (Episcopal) will soon insure a comfortable income in old age. 13. 'The greatest joy of the ministry, however...