Word: sprees
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...funds for this meager international spree are being provided by Friends of Harvard Rowing, who agreed to subsidize the lights after the crew voted to continue its season into the summer...
...goes beyond this, however, by explaining why so many suburbanites and Republicans join the Non-Partisan Daley Committee. Daley is good for business. When he was first elected, he went on a building spree downtown...
...swept the Continent that several strong European currencies would be revalued upward, in effect devaluing the dollar. On the strength of those rumors, corporate treasurers and nimble speculators sold billions of dollars for other currencies in Switzerland, Belgium, The Netherlands and especially West Germany. Central banks quelled that speculative spree, mainly by buying all the dollars that were offered. But, like a stabbing pain that passes quickly, the minicrisis was a warning that the dollar faces more trouble...
...What government, at all levels, needs to do is get off of this do-gooding spree and into a do-it-yourself line...
...depositors' dollars, many banks have borrowed the tactics of the midway barker, luring customers with all kinds of promotional promises and "free" gifts. Though savings today are at record highs and loan demand almost stagnant, some bankers believe that consumers may soon begin a monumental buying-and borrowing -spree. To pile up cash reserves for this eventuality, banks are offering ever more opulent gifts to new depositors...