Word: saws
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...probably saw us two poor college kids trying to see a game and thought he would do something nice...
Cline says that the library puts honorary plates in books and plaques on walls to recognize donors who have donated money for projects like book preservation and building renovation. The library may also dedicate spaces to big givers like Loker, who recently saw Widener Library's reading room renamed in her honor...
...mention rhinophyma, the skin disease that in his 50s turned his nose into a purple bulb. He hated to be alone but had no talent for making friends--as distinguished from mistresses. He started a new romance at age 74 with a titled Englishwoman of 49. Women saw past not only the hideous nose but also the peremptory manner that they thought disguised an inner shyness. With some reason: Morgan was ruthless in getting rid of inept partners, but could hardly ever bear to fire them in person...
...dealing with money rather than people, however, Morgan was self-confidence personified. Strouse argues convincingly that he saw his own interests as synonymous with those of the nation, and at times he was right. He raised enough capital to put the U.S. economy well on the road to financial independence from Britain, and even bailed out the U.S. government in 1895, collecting and lending the gold Washington needed to keep paying its bills. He stopped the panic of 1907 by raising the funds to keep tottering banks afloat, in effect acting as a one-man Federal Reserve System six years...
...sells guitars and other music equipment, Spremulli spent a sick day at home in 1995 developing a small, bare-bones website for his company. It simply explained what the company sold and where it was located. A couple of weeks later, a customer in Meridian, Miss., liked what he saw online and proceeded to place an order over the phone for a Takamine guitar. More orders flooded in. "We realized people liked sitting on the computer buying things, and that's what got us to go big time," says Spremulli. He invested $3,900 with Web consultant Blacksheep blacksheep3d.com...