Word: redeem
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...making this offer, the Government expressly stated that it recognized only its moral and not its legal responsibility. The bill provides that those investors who have held bonds since 1920 or before are to receive 5% interest on the new issue and the Government is to redeem annually $6,250,000 of the converted loan at par. Those subscribers who are practically destitute are to receive a "social rental" (apparently a small annual repayment of principal in addition to interest) of 2% of their holdings, in no case to exceed a total of $150 per annum, the annual...
...Italy-America Society, Prince Gelasio Caetani, Italian Ambassador to the U. S., who is returning home next month, stoutly defended the Fascist regime in Italy. He spoke of what had been accomplished: balanced budgets, reduction of internal indebtedness, prosperous industries, etc., and said that the Government was arranging to redeem $15,000,000 worth of bonds falling due in the U. S. in 1925. Said he: "We-that is, Mussolini and his faithful followers, including the most patriotic elements of Italy-are going to see that this work is carried out to a finish. After all, Fascismo has caused...
...from all parts of the world, not because it is a holiday or a picnic, or from any desire to give vent to our emotions, but because we are charged with a responsibility to our race to enter on the vast duty of Empire building. We are here to redeem the 12,000,000 miles of our native land...
...Stitt; by other Bishops, Lowe and Badley. Announcement of this watch-giving was sent to all Methodism. The Treasurer said he would operate the biggest pawnbroking business in the country. Every member of the Church was asked to send his watch to the Treasurer and later to redeem it at its sales value. It will take 222,500 watches of an average value of $10 to wipe out the debt...
...Secretary General: "Cows are not acceptable because they come under the title of perishable goods. A cow is liable to die in the sad surroundings of a pawnshop, thus making it impossible for the Government to get its money if the pawner does not repay the loan or redeem the pledge if requested. I think there would be a legal tangle if a cow became a mother during her sojourn in a pawnshop...