Word: repay
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...legal murder. When Georgi Dimitroff awaited trial in a Nazi jail, Petkoff was one of a group of Bulgarian political leaders who arranged for Dimitroff's 72-year-old mother, Baba Parashkeva, to visit him. Gratefully she said then: "If my son lives through this, he will repay you a thousand times...
...crux of the matter: Wilson's attempt to reach an accord as to how, and at what rate, Moscow would repay a credit of ?55,000,000, resulting from a wartime agreement hastily made with the Soviet Union in 1941 after Hitler invaded Russia. In that, he had failed-the Russians insisted adamantly on terms which the British could not afford to meet. A reporter asked: "Is the door completely shut?" Replied Wilson: "That's up to the Russians...
...Lucchese prospered, he bought the Zaragoza and other theaters, including one with seats wide enough for two. He also acquired a fortune estimated at "between one and two million" dollars and the desire to repay his debt to the Mexicans. Said Tano Lucchese: "The Mexicans are kicked around too much. I want to give them a center they can call their own. The best of everything...
...hand the U.S. has been spending millions for food and materials to keep Germany going. With the other, its monetary fumbling has resulted in debasing German currency at such a rate that the whole monetary system is ready to collapse. The U.S. had given the Italians $205 million to repay them for the invasion lire which it pumped into their economy and for lire purchased from them. In Germany, where the amount of invasion currency put out was upwards of six times greater, due mainly to the Russians, the U.S. may find it will have to pay out much more...
Poland, alone, is already seeking $600 million from the bank. To determine its ability to repay it, McCloy last week sent a four-man team to Poland. He conceded that the bank's charter forbids political considerations in making loans. But Soviet-dominated Poland's politics are bound to affect the bank's decision on whether she can repay a loan. Moreover, since the bank will depend almost entirely on American investors for its new capital, it will have to persuade them of the soundness of its risks. At best, the bank in the next twelve months...