Word: paid
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...promises had paid off. In their first local warm-up for the national elections on April 18, the month-old Socialist-Communist "Popular Democratic Front" elected 21 (eleven of them Communists) to the 40-man municipal council. The Socialist-Communist share of the vote had jumped from...
...inclination and character, at least, Schuman was fitted for his task. He had few friends. He was so shy that he blushed when he was paid a polite compliment. The French language, which is made for oratory, in his speeches sounded plain and calm. His favorite cartoon character was Ferdinand the Bull. In a land resounding with the Marseillaise and the Internationale, Schuman said quietly: "I have a poor ear for music." He was a part of the sturdy old antediluvian France...
...shares in the newspaper El Páis, a share in Los Cortijos (a recreation club), a 1947 Mercury, several suits of formal clothes. Total value: 17,000 Bs (bolivars, equaling $5,100). His debts: 4,156 Bs owed to his tailors; 1,200 still to be paid on the Mercury, and 10,500 borrowed from the Bank of Caracas. Total debts: 15,856 Bs ($4,756). Betancourt's net worth...
This week Betancourt, who had leased a house (for 500 Bs a month), was trying to dig up enough money for a four-week vacation in the U.S. before going to the Bogotá conference, where his expenses will be paid as chief of the Venezuelan delegation. After the conference, he plans to return to Caracas, hopes to make a living writing for newspapers. He also may become salaried head of the Acción Democrática party...
When Cab Galloway first heard Toni Harper, he paid her the highest compliment in the Galloway scale. "That little gal," said he solemnly, "is real gone...