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Word: repays (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...they migrate to South America on the trail of prehistorics. Out come the brontosauri and Bull Montana as an ape man; the fun starts. Later, one of the beasts runs loose in the streets of Liverpool. Just how it is all done, only the camera man knows. It will repay inspection. The Great Divide, you will recall, was one of the first men-are-men dramas and created exceptional excitement in its day under the interpretative treatment of Henry Miller. Currently, it only goes to prove that the world does move and that almost any plot can be boiled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures Feb. 16, 1925 | 2/16/1925 | See Source »

...Morgan loan was implicated in a convention between the Government and the Bank of France to repay the latter by regular annual installments. According to a convention signed in 1920, the amount was fixed at 2,000,000,000 francs ($100,000,000), but repayment of this figure proved impossible. Finance Minister elemental proposed to repay only 1,200,000,000 a year and this proposal was satisfactory to the Bank...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Dans le Parlement | 1/12/1925 | See Source »

...technical structure of poetry is not so readily grasped as the technical structure of prose. Or, again, it may be that poetry is more a question of inspiration than of assiduity. None of the poetry seems to have the power to stir the reader tremendously, yet it will all repay his reading...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reviewer Lauds Advocate as Open Discussion Forum | 11/15/1924 | See Source »

Anglo-Russian Treaty: Round condemnation: "Under that treaty, the rightful claims of British subjects are whittled down to an undefined extent, and Parliament is to be asked to commit itself in the eyes of Russia and of the world to the principle of guaranteeing that the British taxpayer shall repay the Bolshevist loan if the Bolsheviki, in accordance with their practice, should fail to repay that loan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COMMONWEALTH: Dissolved | 10/20/1924 | See Source »

...Italian Government decided to repay $25,000,000 worth of bonds maturing in the U. S. next February. Surprise was expressed that the bonds should be paid off without recourse to fresh borrowing. An agent of the Banco di Roma was able to explain the mystery. "Italy's financial condition," said he, "is continually improving. The Kingdom would find no convenience in again resorting to the American market because there is plenty of money at home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Notes, Sep. 29, 1924 | 9/29/1924 | See Source »

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