Word: rent
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...find out. Every known part of the German forces is either engaged on present fronts or earmarked to meet invasion at foreseen points. In terms of these visible forces, Germany is like a man who has put aside just enough money to pay his next month's rent: he has no real surplus...
...petty. The sub-urbane Town & Country told its readers that simply "everybody" came down before Christmas this year. Miami hotels, turned back to their owners by the Army, were booked solid all the way to the end of the winter season. There were as many ways to break rent ceilings as there are stucco villas on Biscayne Boulevard...
...banking business was going well, 100% Nichols decided to retire (what with That Man in the White House and all). He paid off depositors and closed his bank. For two years, ex-Banker Nichols brooded while his bank stood empty. No one but bookies and nightclub operators offered to rent...
...Francisco opera finance was sound. The City of San Francisco has long owned its own opera house-one of the most modern and tasteful in the world. The San Francisco Opera Co., which uses the opera house rent free, seldom has more than a few dollars' deficit to report...
...longer will there be the old carefree days of private flats and charwomen who bring in a bedside cup of early-morning tea. Under new regulations, officers will be billeted in hotel rooms and flats which the Army will rent. The usual rule will be: three junior officers, or two majors, or two lieutenant colonels to a room. Colonels can live alone. The Army will pay for rent, gas, light and telephone up to a total of $4 a day. Officers will still get their $1.25 a day for food but not the extra $21 a month. A mess will...