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Word: recouping (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...playing the bass viol with the orchestra, one teaching music, one on a Ford assembly line, and one as registrar with Detroit Business University. The strain of such a working schedule soon began to tell. In 1942 Braunsdorf fell ill, put all his earnings in a florist shop to recoup his finances, but eventually had to sell it at a loss. Finally, he resigned himself to leaving Virginia at a private sanitarium...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Murder or Mercy? | 6/5/1950 | See Source »

...million of public funds into Lustron's scheme to produce low-cost enameled-steel dwellings on an assembly line. Lustron actually produced only 2,200 houses, repaid not a cent in interest or principal on RFC's loan. By foreclosing, RFC admitted, it could not hope to recoup much more than 5? on the dollar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Government: Hail & Farewell | 2/27/1950 | See Source »

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