Word: sums
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...That a hospital site at Excelsior Springs, Mo., had been purchased by the Government for $173,000 although it was worth only about half that sum...
...That in passing on the transaction, Ewing Laporte, former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, had torn out a sheet from the lease on which the sum of $77,000 was mentioned for one parcel of land and substituted a sheet on which the sum was $90,000. (This was emphatically denied by Laporte...
...sum up the present status of the Abrams controversy: If his sincerity is granted and his obvious vagaries overlooked, there are still grave obstacles that his theories must hurdle both on the medical and bacteriological and on the mechanical side. The vast majority of reputable scientists who will express an opinion believe the scheme unmitigated charlatanism. The idea of specific vibratory rates for given diseases is not inherently an absurd one, and such men as Dr. Crile (TIME, Nov. 5) may evolve a scientific electronic analysis of the body. But Abrams' case would appear to be negated by patent absurdities...
Before sinking a large sum of money into a permanent plant, it is of course proper and necessary to consider the site for the plant. The main consideration in this case, as Mr. Moore has brought out, is accessibility. But it is hard to agree with him that Hemenway is in a central position and therefore the most likely place for a new pool. By citing the Linden Street squash courts as an example, Mr. Moore has made it plain that the center of accessibility is not north but south of Massachusetts Avenue. For it is highly probable that...
...Garden, with her inspired caprices, least of all was of a temperament for the job. Feuds and scandals immediately broke out. Muratore and Garden conducted a duel that was immense. There had been bad blood of long standing between Garden and Cavalieri, Muratore's wife. The deficit became a sum for awe and admiration. The New York appearance, especially ill-managed, lost heavily. The financial backing was not kept in line. Harold McCormick drew out. Garden grew disgusted with managership. One season (1921-22) was enough...