Word: outlay
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Waiting for the Brides. Then Sayed Abdul Rahman and his followers turned to still greater joys. On this day of days, Sudanese bridegrooms could marry for an $8 dowry instead of the usual expensive outlay for bridal clothes and marriage feasts. Four hundred bridegrooms took advantage of the cut rate. They faced their brides' proxies (the brides' fathers) and took the marriage vows. While the absent, newlywed wives waited expectantly at home, the menfolk took off to pub-crawl the cafés of flag-decked Omdurman, to feast, sing and dance...
...wrote), it thudded again. Billy rewrote the show a second time, renamed it Crazy Quilt, and took it on the road. Billed as "A Saturnalia of Wanton Rhythm Featuring Exotic Divertissements," Crazy Quilt played to packed houses at almost every stop. In nine months, Rose recouped his $75,000 outlay and made $240,000 clear profit...
This summary wiping out of the activities of the Office of International Information and Cultural Affairs does in a way possess a curious internal logic. The action "saves" 31-million-odd dollars in OIC outlay; it pleases those congressional minds who feel that the existence of America is, as such, her own best propaganda; and it ends the life of the OIC, the successor of that OWI which so many Congressmen unflinchingly regard as communistic...
...politically wise candidates. The Council bases its decision on the supposition that any man handing out costly hoopla places the election on a plane far above the financial reaches of most students. Although a desire to squelch the inequalities of big-time campaigning is laudable, an action condemning any outlay of money for publicity tends to limit a candidate's acquaintance with the electorate and risks a decay of rising interest in the Council...
...stated purpose of the expenditure is to "improve the livability" of the Houses and make men residing in them feel that they belong to an institution of educational fellowship--with more to offer than room and board. While few harbor delusions about the extent to which a $42,000 outlay can revitalize the House Plan, this is at the same time a definite opportunity which must be capitalized...