Word: repay
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Casino profits until his own auditors had examined the Casino books. The accountants discovered that Mme. Chinon-well known to Monte Carlo habitues -had been in the habit of borrowing large sums of money with which to play. If she lost it was impossible for her to repay the money; if she won, she never bothered about her debt. Closer inquiry revealed the fact that Mme. Chinon had been implicated in the ruin of rich visitors. Prince Louis promptly banished her from his domains. The Prince, formerly a Colonel in the French Army, succeeded his father, Prince Albert, on June...
...amount of the debt, inclusive of interest to Nov. 15, 1922, is $9,294,362. The terms under which Finland will repay her indebtedness are similar to those granted to Britain...
There is no class of reading that will repay better the time and effort given than biography. In the Sale, inaugurated today, at Community Book Shop, one may find a wonderful list of books about the great, the interesting, and the accomplishing personages of this and other eras. A perusal of the following titles will convince the reader that here is an opportunity not to be missed. Unique are these books, and worth while...
...amiss to pause in the midst of all the chatter about bargain and sale books to mention some of the new titles just given to the world. First and foremost comes "Mirrors of Moscow", a cry from the wilderness by Louise Bryant. It will well repay the pleasure of reading and will give an adequate picture of the chief figures of Moscow, which city is at present, Russia itself...
...annual report of Dr. Henry S. Pritchett, president of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, continues to repay adventurous excavators. It has been discovered that he said, apropos of freak " special " courses in the public schools: " If the demands of the schools continue to increase at the present rate, the inability of society to pay the cost must bring about radical curtailments...