Word: redeeming
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...spite of declarations to the contrary, Congressmen in general know pretty well that a tax cut and bonus are incompatible. Accordingly those legislators who are committed to the bonus can now vote for it with assurance that it will be blocked by a Presidential veto. In short, they can redeem their bonus promises by a vote, and get the credit for an actual tax reduction...
Optimism pervaded the cross-country squad as it boarded the midnight Saturday, because Coaches Farrell and O'Connell and their runners believe that they will redeem the defeat by Yale by taking first place in the I. C. A. A. A. A. run this afternoon in Van Cortlandt Park, New York City...
Princeton was crushed early in the season by Notre Dame 25-2. Last week it went down before a smashing Harvard team 5-0. For that reason, Princeton will fight all the harder this afternoon to redeem its fallen fortunes...
...notables of the Italian colony determined that young Raggini must be aided. They consulted with him and a plan was evolved. They would sell shares in his career. They would manage the flotation of an issue of $10,000-400 certificates at $25 each. These he would redeem and on them pay 6% interest when success and wealth had come upon him. Lauri-Volpi bought shares totaling $200; the Sons of Italy, shares worth $400. Humble subscribers are buying up the remainder of the issue in small blocks...
President Berry of the International Pressmen's Union had dissolved the local union which struck without sanction and had negotiated new and more favorable terms with the newspapers. Samuel Gompers telegraphed Major Berry: " Unless the pressmen redeem themselves from this awful blunder, you are justified in resorting to every means within your power to keep the faith, uphold the good name of your organization and the good-will of employers who may want to maintain beneficial contractual relations with the union...