Word: paid
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Some facts can be told a second after the event just as well as they will ever be told. If the reader wants to know who won the third race at Pimlico and what he paid, TIME can't help him. (It might be of use to a reader who wants to know how the race was run and why the winner paid so much, or so little...
...says Niebuhr. But he waded into the social problems of his parish and the city, presiding at labor forums, lecturing at Midwestern colleges. Sometimes he unburdened himself of remarks like: ''The lowliest peasant of the Dark Ages had more opportunity for self-expression than the highest-paid employee at the Ford factory." When, in 1928, Niebuhr became an associate professor at Union Theological Seminary, Detroit's automotive tycoons breathed a sigh of relief...
...models, premiums were still the rule. But for Fords, the premium was down to a $125-$300 range, as compared with $300-$700 six months ago. For Chevrolets and Pontiacs, it was down from $500 to $300. What bothered dealers most was that they had paid too much to get the cars. Said one overloaded Livernois dealer: "Somebody's going to take one hell of a licking on this street. It looks like there's going to be more finance people operating the used car business than there are models on the lots." Cashless Customers. What caused...
...Judge" Haussermann floated 200,000 shares of new stock, borrowed $75,000 from the bank, built a new mill and started mining ore. In two years he paid off the bank's loan to Benguet. Gradually, he increased his own stock holdings out of earnings until he owned a controlling interest of about 30%. (His original investment was eventually worth...
...temptation to pick up a book and leave, knowing that in five out of the seven House libraries no one will life a finger to stop you. But the libraries are as much to blame for this situation as are the students. Library monitors are not being paid merely to work at a private desk and maintain the silence of the reading room. They should check all books leaving the premises, as does Widener...