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Word: owing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...true that they signed up in October for membership in Dudley Hall for a whole year, and they probably owe the five dollar fee for the second semester that is now being charged on the term bill. But the letter that was sent to commuters in February, asking them to come to Dudley Hall and "renew" their membership for the second semester, could well give rise to misunderstanding. You don't ask a person to come renew a contract when you're trying to collect an amount that is already owing under the original contract...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MAIL | 4/28/1936 | See Source »

...which you no doubt mean Commander-in-Chief, U. S. I do so because I think your dirty digs at Vice Admiral Hepburn are entirely uncalled for, misleading and spiteful. . . . Any fool can readily see the innuendo in the first paragraph of the article. Vice Admiral Hepburn does not owe his appointment as Commander-in-Chief of the Fleet in any degree to the fact that the President and the Secretary of the Navy are old acquaintances of his, as it appears to me you have clearly insinuated. Their knowledge of his absolute fitness for the job no doubt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 3, 1936 | 2/3/1936 | See Source »

...loan, he will get $450 in bonds and a $45 check. If, again like most of his fellows, he has paid no interest, that charge as far back as Oct. 1, 1931 will be forgiven and forgotten. If his loan dates from July 1, 1931, he will owe interest for three months at 4½% ($5.57), which will be subtracted from the $495 due him. Thus he will receive $450 in bonds and a check for $39.43. The check he can cash at once. The bonds, he cannot sell or hock. However, any time after next June...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HEROES: Last Short Mile | 2/3/1936 | See Source »

...Royal Highness necessarily cannot take sides in any dispute, but we all owe a debt to the miners in the past, and everyone must feel sympathy for the wives and children in these hours of distress. Besides it would not be a satisfactory end to any dispute that one side should be forced to give in on account of the suffering of their dependencies. His Royal Highness is confident that with good will on both sides there will be a happy issue out of the present difficulties...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Gentlemen, the Kings! | 2/3/1936 | See Source »

Mary: Maybe-maybe-we better talk it over first, John. ... All those debts! When we thought we didn't owe anybody in the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: Republican Drama | 1/27/1936 | See Source »

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