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Rufus Kayne, bearing his father's millions lightly, was fond of his wife whenever it occurred to him, and was, in short, an eminently reliable and extremely solvent Babbitt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Pirates and Flappers* | 3/24/1923 | See Source »

...declared that China was more divided than ever; that she had made no progress toward financial recovery; that, while demobilization of troops had been promised, recruiting went on actively. He considered China solvent and capable of discharging her financial obligations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Dr. Schurman Speaks | 3/3/1923 | See Source »

...hopelessly confused and inert general state of Europe today this long predicted offer of the British Premier's is the first definite move in any direction. For whatever motives advanced. It may prove to be the solvent to clear up the clouded solution...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: IN THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT | 12/11/1922 | See Source »

...spent in about thirty-five different ports, it returns to England supposedly laden with orders and business opportunities. In short, it is an attempt on a grand scale to build up the fallen fortunes of British manufacturing, and so the first step toward an England industrially active and financially solvent...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "A CAPITAL SHIP--" | 5/1/1922 | See Source »

...that fundamentally the one adequate solvent of her difficulties is a Christianity freed of sectarianism, of outworn theologies, and of ecclesiastical machinery; a Christianity of the spirit, committed everlastingly to belief in the essential brotherhood of man, and to the firm conviction that the Christian principles of the dignity of the individual and of the worth of service, are the most practical things in the world

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RETARDED EFFORT TO ADOPT CIVILIZATION OF WEST IS LARGE FACTOR IN CHINESE PROBLEMS | 4/12/1922 | See Source »

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