Word: successful
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...have cited some of the most eminent authorities in favor of the government's supplying the country's minimum of paper money. I have called attention to the parallels of the uncovered notes in three of the soundest currency systems in the world. I have referred to the remarkable success of our own greenbacks up to 1890. I have shown that of all the evils that afflict our currency system today, not one is inherent in the legal tenders; for of the three causes of the present trouble, the first and second were due to an iniquitous act passed wholly...
...colleague had already shown how the government was in no way suited to issue legal tender notes, he went on to point out various other reasons for retiring them. He said that their presence continually threaten the financial situation of the country. Confidence is the basis of all financial success. We have $1,000,000,000 of notes resting on a nominal gold reserve of $1,000,000, which may at any time sink lower. The depletion of the gold reserve takes away foreign confidence with the result of a general panic, which makes a new bond issue necessary. With...
Tonight the second annual debate with Princeton takes place in Sanders Theatre. We wish the Harvard speakers success; but whatever the result of the debate may be, they should accept it with philosophy, feeling sure that their efforts have been appreciated by the University and that their fellow students are proud of their work. Today, however, we are unwilling to consider any but a successful outcome of the debate. We have the greatest confidence in the speakers who are to represent the University, and we look forward to seeing another victory added to Harvard's already unbroken record...
...Junior Dinner Committee has now completed the first and most important part of its task, and the success of the dinner now depends entirely upon the enthusiastic support of the class. It rests with the members of Ninety-seven to show that the old class spirit at Harvard is not dead...
...Thomas' work has been done all too seldom in the past by operatic companies and the mere fact of its being underlined by Mr. Rose produced a large amount of interest before the curtain rose. The usual first night audience greeted the company that has made such a pronounced success in Boston. The entire auditorium as well as the boxes was filled with a critical and appreciative throng that has come to look on the Castle Square Theatre as the home of opera...