Word: totality
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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During last week the Harvard Fund received a total contribution of $5,664.40 from 190 men, making the total for the year $130,085.90 from 4,269 subscribers. Contributions to the Fund on Monday brought the total number of men who have made donations to the Fund over 4,300, but more than 600 contributors are still needed to reach the goal of 5,000 by Commencement which is the aim of the Fund Committee...
...total amount given, however, the 1889 is far in the van with $117,523 being contributed by 28 subscribers. Next to it is the class of 1892 from which 28 subscribers gave in all $77,672 and third is the class of 1874 from which 350,710 was given by ten members...
...lives in the space of a few days. Flooded by an eleven-hour cloudburst they swept away bridges, houses and villages. Hardest hit was Perry County, Ky., with some 30 dead. The estimated death list has passed 100, with reports from isolated mountain districts expected materially to increase this total. Said Sheriff William Cornett of Perry County: "This is undoubtedly the worst catastrophe that Kentucky has ever known...
...Sweepstakes are virtual lotteries. Hundreds of thousands of prices tickets are sold, all numbered, at prices seldom above ?1 ($5). The total ticket sale, less operator's percentage, is the prize money. Numbers are drawn for the horses entered in the race. The vast majority of ticketholders, failing to "draw a horse" lose their bets. The dozen or so lucky subscribers can sell shares in their tickets for large sums, thus profiting certainly before the horses have won, lost or failed...
...second volume Hans Castorp comes down in time to fight in the World War. He is scarcely conscious of the masque in which he has been an actor. Yet he is no longer a total blank as on his arrival. He has listened to Settembrini talking democratic politics. Peeperkorn, who has won Madame Chauchat and dominated Castorp with the rest, is the first...