Word: recouped
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...tense, wiry Cornelius ("Neelie") Vanderbilt Jr. The Manhattan prints on his bed said that he was just back from Europe, where he had been gathering material-interviews and articles for serial publication-with which he expected to recoup his fortunes, which fell with his newspapers in Florida and California (TIME...
...seized control of Peking, with the consent of Chang, his motives even in that apparent act of bad faith are still under dispute. Some observers have actually asserted that Wu, hard pressed by Chang, asked Feng to "betray" him, in order that he might "flee without disgrace" and recoup his forces, as he has recently managed to do (TIME...
...resolution cyrstalizing the financial doctrines of the party, this new "formula" urges the Government to exact "a special contribution on all forms of fortune and capital." This phrase, is interpreted as urging that interest payments be suspended on all French Government securities and the sums thus realized used to recoup France financially. It is thought that a levy on interest may succeed as being more "orthodox" than one on capital. For the moment M. Caillaux has pledged himself to the measure "as a member of the Radical Party, though not necessarily as Finance Minister." He appears to have kept...
...Leonard Wood, onetime U. S. Army lieutenant, winner of a large fortune in Wall Street and loser of that fortune at the gaming tables of Europe, by Mrs. Katherine Thompson Wood; at Wilmington, Del. She is at Southampton, L. I., with her children. He is in Florida attempting to recoup in real estate...
Hynson, playing against Ingraham, was materially handicapped in the first set by the inaccuracy of his serve. In his second set he managed to recoup himself somewhat and forced his opponent to extend himself at somewhat greater length. Hicks, the No. 2 Princeton man, displayed the best form of any of his teammates, and in both singles and doubles matches was a factor to be contended with. The rest of the Princeton team seemed unable to reach the pace of their University opponents and succumbed with but little resistance...