Word: sufferred
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...heavily the wealthy industrial leaders. These men profited by the war which did so much lasting harm to the entire world. Forseeing the decline of the value of the mark, they invested their profits in dollars, pounds, guilders, and other more stable monetary units. They not only did not suffer in the general financial break-down of Germany, but they also in a large measure escaped taxation. According to the German system of taxation, those who owe the largest amounts are given long periods of time in which to pay, while the smaller taxpayers must pay within a few weeks...
...yesterday's CRIMSON, Mr. Cutcheon emphasized the great danger in which we should be involved by a financial collapse in Europe. There is no doubt, that should Germany go bankrupt, Europe and China, as well as the United States would be materially affected; our commerce and trade would suffer, and many business firms in our big cities would be ruined...
...question at full length or in twice as many words as the instructions specify. He will receive a satisfactory grade. Another man with equal knowledge of the answer will follow instructions explicitly and do the much harder task of keeping within the required bounds. His grade will suffer because of his briefness...
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...Stinnes and his brother junkers, the lower the mark, the better for us, ta-ta-ta. Though the value of the mark is infinitesimally insignificant, it is no cause of sleepless nights to the German war profiteers. Industry can go on as well as ever, though the German poor suffer considerable inconvenience and the French continue in their present state of non-plus. There is no financial loss to Germany, which makes the junkers happy, and no gain to France, which makes them hilarious...