Word: summing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...described in the '30s WPA New Jersey State Guide as "one of the few cities in America that came out almost exactly as it was planned." It was founded in 1972 as an industrial community, a site for the factories of the Society for Useful Manufacturers (SUM), one of Alexander Hamilton's corporate schemes to industrialize the newly united colonies. The settlement quickly became a colony of the industrialists who ran SUM--men like Samuel Colt, who produced his first revolvers in Paterson. It was not until 1831 that the town was able to establish its own government...
...fire only smoldered for lack of oxygen, but it did trigger fire alarms after the burglars had fled, revealing that they had got away with a record $4 million in virtually untraceable bills. In view of the immense fortune the thieves left behind, that sum, weighing perhaps 700 lbs., was presumably all they could conveniently carry...
Only if I am dishonest. People are upset because they aren't used to them. They're not concerned about small sums, but there's really no difference. You're either within the law and morally right or you've got a conflict of interest and you're morally wrong. It has nothing to do with the amount. There are two New York laws. One says that you cannot give or loan money for favors. The other says that you cannot supplement a [public official's] salary. I did not violate either...
...pave the alley with the "pebble stones" popular in the 1790s and to repair some plumbing, however, will cost $250,000. Applications for that sum were sent to Washington, which has a kitty for historical preservation...
During Commencement, however some fund raising stunts in the form of luncheon speeches by Larry Poos '76 and coxswain Bob Bennet '74 netted the final sum of over $3,200 in contributions and made the trip to England a reality...