Word: unpaid
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...themselves warm. At Havana, the vessel was held for debts. At Kingston (Jamaica), a new firebox had to be installed. At Colon (Canal Zone), the Secretary General of the Association quarreled with the captain and fired him. There also the chief engineer obtained a lien on the vessel for unpaid wages. Also, the chief steward was arrested for shooting a woman there in 1914. On the return journey, the boat collided with a dock at Charleston (S. C.) and injured herself...
With their precious swaddled charges, nursemaids have come back to the yard, glorifying it with pink bands and baby carriages, bringing with them a touch of domesticity, a gentle reminder of Spring. The long-suffering tradesmen of the Square have forgotten their unpaid bills and are lounging contentedly in the doorways, watching the student exodus--secure in the knowledge that their creditors will soon be back...
...want you to know that I am including in that most holy of all names, Jesus, all the victims of injustice, all the toilers whose unpaid labor has given leisure and luxury to a few, and all those millions who have been sent to war to bleed...
Preferred stock, as everybody knows, is almost always designated as either cumulative or non-cumulative. If cumulative, its dividends are not payable if profits are not earned; but when profits are earned, its unpaid dividends, past or present, are a first charge against such profits and must be paid before the common stock-holders receive anything. If preferred stock is non-cumulative?in the opinion up to now of both lawyers and the public?a passed dividend is lost...
...indivisible. This means that the French have abandoned the foolish practice of having two budgets, one ordinaire, and one recouvrable. (To the latter was charged the expense of reconstructing the war-devastated areas, the amount being a charge against reparation payments from Germany, which were generally unpaid.) This year the Government has to face a budget deficit of about 2 billion paper francs ($100 million). On top of that, it has constantly to worry with maturing short-term commitments. The panacea suggested is to convert into long-term securities the short-term debt of France; but there is no hint...