Word: repayments
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...nothing to do with their value as men entitled to the fellowship of educated men. Success, as it has often been pointed out, is more than a matter of dollars and cents. Men who are in every way worthy of scholarships may never be in a position to repay the loan To deprive them of the grant would be to lend an unnecessarily materialistic atmosphere to the world of scholasticism, which of late has made more than enough concessions to Mammen...
...began by buying a few politicians. His system was a miracle of simplicity. He found a good Klansman who wanted to run for office and paid his campaign expenses always with the understanding that his candidate, when elected and in control of public moneys, should repay him at the rate of three to one, or 300%. If the candidate lost he owed nothing...
...purses to satiety we turn not to fighting the Devil, or Sin, or ourselves, but to social reform, to fighting tuberculosis or hookworm, or vice. The idea is presumably that if we try to patch up the botch Jehovah has made of keeping mankind in running order, Jehovah will repay our time and expense by deputing an angel to put us at the top of St. Peter's waiting list. We admire King Arthur, who gave Anglia a good administration and checked the Saxon crime wave more than Sir Galahad who went off by himself to catch a glimpse...
...German industrialists could call their plants their own until 1923, when they were forced to pay 18% for their borrowed money. The banks profited well because they could borrow from their British and U. S. connections† at barely more than 5%. In many cases, concerns could not repay loans, whose interest in less than six years equalled the entire principal. They capitulated to the banks, which became sole owners or at the least, important partners...
...Sing Sing Penitentiary, N. Y., William Hoyer, Negro, waiting in the Death House to repay society for the slaughter of his wife and five-year-old daughter, availed himself of a standing privilege and composed the menu for his Death Feast, the last meal he would ever consume. Mr. Hoyer's menu...