Word: spend
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...sincerely hoping that none but the Mennonites waste sympathy on a man of such caliber as Larry Gara. In refusing to register during World War II he was but definitely a lawbreaker . . . Let him continue being a martyr and cheerfully spend most of his life as a do-nothing in prison...
...Neutra sell his modern houses to bachelors-they can spend their lonely Sundays shining up those miles of cold plate glass windows. Of course, as long as women are around, it's a limited market...
...Money to Spend. During the 50 years before Leduc was brought in, $150 million was spent on oil exploration in Alberta. This year $100 million will be spent; next year the figure will probably reach $150 million...
Imperial, whose funds are furnished largely by its parent company, Standard Oil Co. (N.J.), will spend an estimated $40 million this year for a pipeline from Leduc to its refinery in Regina. At a time when U.S. capital is fighting shy of oil investments in Latin America, about 80% of the current spending in Canada is U.S. money...
Even tiny Redwater, with a population increase from 150 to 1,500 in ten months, has become a place where a man can spend some of his money. It has six new restaurants, a poolroom and bowling alley, three movie theaters. It also has a spanking-new hotel and beer parlor, where business is so good the waiters refuse to serve less than two beers at a time to a customer. Near Leduc, Imperial has bought a 160-acre field and built a village for 900 families...