Word: recoupment
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...that the West is still a place where the male population is as advertised. Some reports describe the men as escaped convicts from San Quentin Prison, but nobody will believe that. They quite plainly are re-incarnations of the spirit of the James boys, who have set out to recoup their fortunes in the only time-honored and accepted Western method. Easterners travelling in the West have long been under the impression that the only custodians of the Jesse James tradition were the hotel-keepers, but they must now be undeceived...
...King has, however, in his sensitive zeal, mistaken what the Lampoon intended for the most unmitigated propaganda. I have it on good authority that the Lampoon editors, rather ashamed of their past misdemeanors, felt the time was propitious to recoup their lost prestige, by a whole hearted and enthusiastic hosanna for this meritorious department of the University. Through the number they are their level best to praise the Business School. It was a very unselfish thing to do, I believe, and I am sure that the rest of the college agrees with...
...many years this once famous dining hall has struggled against the encroachments of the many cafeterias and restaurants which now crowd Harvard Square. Last year, in a final effort to recoup its past popularity, steps were taken by the University authorities which it was hoped would restore former enthusiasm for the Memorial Hall "Commons". Questionnaries were sent out to sound the attitude of the students, and in accordance with the majority of opinions expressed, a "cafeteroa" system was inaugurated where by the old tables were replaced by smaller ones, and men were permitted to pay by the meal instend...
...experiment would seem to have been unsuccessful inasmuch as the Elis failed to recoup their fallen fortunes even after the sugar had been injected, but the stimulating effects were clearly noticeable, and it was held that the defeat was due more to the strength of the opposing team, than to the absence of potency in the sugar...
Countess Michael Karclyi, known in Hungary as "Red Catherine," arrived in Manhattan on the George Washington "to recoup her lost fortune" by giving lectures at $250 apiece on Hungarian affairs before and after...