Word: tab
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...making "friends." Merl did not even have to lay out a dollar for the coat. Joseph H. Rosenbaum, a Washington attorney specializing in clients who want RFC funds, paid for it and took Merl's note for the $8,540 purchase price. Had Rosenbaum picked up the tab for the fur coat because of Merl Young's influence at the RFC, the W7hite House and with "many very important people"? Of course not, replied Rosenbaum, righteously. Merl was just a friend...
...trustees of L.I.U. disagreed. They ordered big-time basketball abandoned forthwith. Furthermore, since basketball has been paying much of the tab for other sports at L.I.U., the trustees ruled that the school would henceforth stick strictly to intramural sports...
...road, and is averaging 75 new leases a week. Under Waters' plan, the lessee gets a brand-new car with radio and heater for a $50 deposit, pays an average rental of $72 a month, tax deductible if the car is used for business. Waters picks up the tab for repairs and servicing. The car user pays only for insurance (collision and liability), gas and oil. After 18 months, by which time he has paid $1,300, the lessee can exchange...
...state's entire 1,869,000 vote seemed unavoidable. By law, a defeated candidate demanding a recount must pay $5 a precinct for it-a total of $21,805. The Detroit News sensibly suggested that this time, since everyone concerned was confused, the state should pick up the tab...
...Husband Charles Laughton was off on a three-month tour reciting Shakespeare and the Bible. What should Elsa do with the time on her hands? A Hollywood promoter solved the problem for her. Last week, red-haired Elsa was making her first try as a chanteuse in the top-tab Persian Room of Manhattan's Plaza Hotel...