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Word: surpluses (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Plainly the President wishes to leave a surplus for Mr. Hoover. Observers inferred that he did not consider it "big business" to drain the present treasury for cruisers or prohibition enforcement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FISCAL: Budget Bouquet | 2/4/1929 | See Source »

...three juniors and three sophomores be appointed by their respective classes. From this number a chairman should be elected. Let applications be distributed to members of both classes. All receipts above fixed expenses should be devoted towards favors and decorations. All surplus resulting should be divided between the two classes in proportion to the members from each class who attended the dance. Peter Bove...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Proposed Solution | 1/25/1929 | See Source »

Today it is not enough that Italian fathers are responding potently to the Dictator's plea for better, faster begetting (TIME, Oct. 8 et ante). It is not even enough that Italy now leads all Europe in surplus of births over deaths.* Brushing such trifling achievements aside, young, ardent Editor Carli continued, last week, his slashing indictment of barren thin ladies, set a relentless quota...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Thin Ladies Flayed | 1/21/1929 | See Source »

...Latest annual figures: Italian surplus 475,000; German 408,000; English, 179,000; French a mere...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Thin Ladies Flayed | 1/21/1929 | See Source »

...addition to electing their candidate, the Republicans also came out of the campaign with a treasury surplus of $285,000. Democrats, however, borrowed $100,000 from Mr. Raskob and $1,500,000 from the County Trust Co., Manhattan. As they spent all but $100,000 of what they were given and of what they borrowed, they now have a one and one-half million dollar deficit to increase post-election headache...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: 30 | 1/14/1929 | See Source »

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