Word: summing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...sheer immensity of such a sum would constitute the best reason why it should not exist as a political "war chest"; but enemies of Mr. George, having failed to make him disclose the significant total, began some six months ago to hound him about where the money came from in the first place...
After a businessman ships a batch of goods, he frequently needs cash. He goes to his bank with documents showing that he has shipped the goods and that he will be paid a certain sum on a certain date. If his commercial credit is good and if the credit of the buyer is good, the bank will discount his "paper." Such "paper" is a "trade acceptance." U. S. banks at present have between $800,000,000 and $900,000,000 worth of trade acceptances representing domestic commercial transactions. They have even more-$975,000,000-representing international business...
...begets gladness. Remembering then that no frown ever made a heart glad, help us go forth to meet the day with high hope and smiling face; and even though it has not been easy to smile, let us rejoice if so we have been able to add to the sum of human happiness and make burdens lighter...
...conclusion when she accepts a defeat (which is totally inevitable) by stepping in front of a fast train. That any film producer should begin by calling his picture Love and end it with this necessary but cinematically unconventional tragedy is only one of the many contradictions, which in their sum, make this one of the most striking adaptations yet effected...
...substantial meal of fruit, cereal, toast, and coffee was served for the price of $.35. The informal atmosphere of the breakfast room and the amount of food obtainable for the sum extracted from the break-fasters brought favorable comment from the clientele...