Word: wealth
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Last week those of Rome's lower classes who were able to read perused with awe an announcement made by one Dr. A. Degil Espinosa, whom U. S. correspondents described as a "financial expert." After several months of careful figuring Dr. Espinosa published his estimate of the private wealth in Italy-$25,000,000,000. Of this amount, he computed that $8,000,000,000 was in the form of land, $1,250,000,000 in foreign bonds...
...first scene in the final act with its wealth of poetry was completely ruined by a catarrhal Lorenno and a super-soprano Jessica. However, with the injection of considerable life into a naturally lively conclusion the audience was allowed to leave with a pleasant impression. As usual, the Harvard "supers" were futile...
...world-wide investment trust, American Founders Corp. has had one of the most phenomenal growths ever recorded in the world's story of wealth. In 1922, $1,000 would have bought 100 shares of American Founders. Today this would have been swelled by stock dividends alone (exclusive of rights) to over 38,000 shares with a market value of about $29, or over a million dollars. Between Nov. 30, 1928, and Nov. 30, 1929, its assets rose from...
Columbus made altogether four voyages to America; once he landed on the mainland of South America: he insisted on thinking it was an island. Soon he fell into disfavor at court, for he could not produce the wealth of gold he had promised. Finally Columbus' enemies had him arrested, brought back to Spain in fetters. His honors and his position taken from him, he died in 1505, leaving this typical will: "... I am making a free gift of India to the King and Queen...
POLO: Yale at the Common Wealth Armory at 8.30 o'clock...