Word: repaying
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...have suffered." Then he turned to the subject of the hour: "... I have never been more conscious of the appalling responsibilities of the office. I did not seek it. I did not want it. I am, however, persuaded that to shirk it, to evade, to decline would be to repay honor with dishonor. I shall go now to the convention hall and accept the nomination of the Democratic Party...
There are dozens of different ways students can repay them for their service, and yet not be bothered by importunate solicitation. One such method is to have the House Committee buy a block of tickets in return for a guarantee that no member of the House will be bothered by further attempts at selling. Another is to have the University buy a large black of tickets on the same basis...
Nationalists jeered. To the opposition's cry, "Go to the country" (i.e., call an election), they replied with insults. "Go back to Palestine," sneered a Nationalist backbencher at United Party Member Dr. Bernard Friedman. "Afrikaners have fed the Jews until they are fat, but the Jews repay us by biting the hand that feeds them...
...concept": 1) certain bankers traditionally underwrite negotiated securities for certain corporations, 2) these "traditional bankers" divide a constant proportion, of any subsequent deals with the people who were in on the first one, and 3) junior members of these banking groups, when they get a deal to handle themselves, repay the big boys by asking them to join. By this "syndicate system," said the Government, all the defendants had-conspired to restrain and monopolize trade...
Ordinarily, students receiving grants must first borrow up to $1,500, which they are legally bound to repay. This requirement is being waived for these fellowships...