Word: spendings
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Since it is our settled Naval policy, at least for the present, that the country's first line of defense must be kept on the Pacific coast, Admiral Robison, in his flagship the Seattle, and Admiral Hughes, whose flagship will be the California, will be apt to spend much of their time near the great major ship concentration base at Bremerton, on Puget Sound. There Admiral Robison, 58 "proficient at tennis", and Admiral Hughes, 59, "a fire eater of a friendly sort", will enjoy halcyon days...
...producers can spend large sums in producing films for the home market alone; whatever sales or leases are made abroad are considered as surplus earnings. After yielding handsome returns in the U. S. over its cost, Charlie Chaplin's The Kid is said to have brought $350,000 returns in Britain. On the other hand, a successful British film exhibited in Britain, British Colonies and continental countries (but not in the U. S.) yielded a total return of only $100,000. A successful picture can scarcely be made for so small a sum, capable of competing with even...
Five years ago Perry had taken his instrument East, dreaming of finding oil close on the edge of a vast industrial section. He had convinced two Rhode Island worsted merchants of the instrument's efficacy, had induced them to spend (up to last week) some $400,000, leasing 12,000 acres and sinking a test drill. All this in secret. Said one of the promoters: "This is just our little baby. We don't want people to laugh...
...need a Western base if they are to cooperate efficiently with the Pacific Fleet. Objectors pointed out: 1) That the Secretaries of the Navy do not create naval bases; 2) that Congress, having authorized the expenditure of $10,000,000 to build the Lakehurst hangars, may be reluctant to spend as much more to build new ones in San Diego; 3) that things other than weather affect the location of airports; if dirigibles have a military value, they are needed in the financial East-a district which would be a conspicuous enemy objective in wartime; 4) that good weather...
...Each of his daughters, including Lady Diana Duff Cooper, famed beauty, received about $100,000. The Duke was unable to leave anything to charity "as the heavy taxation and intolerable supertax render impossible any such action." He hoped that his son, now the ninth Duke, "will not spend his money to purchase unnecessary collections," but will "take care of his properties and the welfare of his tenants." Two young Danes, Neils Ventegodt and Emil Ullskov, both of the Viking Club of Copenhagen, surprised the London Rowing Club by landing at their quay, having popped over from Denmark...