Word: paid
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Friedrich List, who spent seven years in the U. S., learned to admire Alexander Hamilton's protectionist philosophy and went home to write his National System of Political Economy (1841). While Prussia was busy consolidating the German nation by successive wars with Denmark, Austria and France, no one paid much attention to List. But after 1871, he provided justification for what Aggrandizer Bismarck wanted...
...shading of a crack symphony orchestra. Every year they pack up and pile into a chartered bus for at least one big tour. For St. Olaf, these tours earn substantial sums. The grey stone, $140,000 music building that is the pride of St. Olaf s campus was paid for mostly out of the choir's profits...
...last season, Hollywood had no production finger in any important Broadway pie. But unlike last season, it paid some fancy prices for hits. Abe Lincoln in Illinois was sold to Max Gordon Plays & Pictures Co. Inc. on a cash and royalty basis that may come to over $300,000, set a record. The American Way was sold to Gordon for $250,000. Setting a precedent, The Philadelphia Story was sold to Katharine Hepburn (its star) before it ever opened on Broadway...
Surprise No. 2 was New York State Publisher Frank Ernest Gannett, who, although not listed on the program, spoke at lunch. Some 500 dentists, who had paid $1.50 to attend, were treated to a long, rambling speech, denouncing the Wagner Bill as wasteful and "socialistic...
...deemed advisable," he said, 'a considerable part of public investment could quire well be paid from taxation, provided the taxes were so loved as to fall on savings and not on consumption...