Word: worth
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...dollar spent in purchasing a car that the smaller fractions of it saved in such ways lose their significance. Probably the most important consideration of all is that higher consumption of gas brings increased power, and it is not without its significance in America today that this should be worth more even than gold...
...neighbor recently had eighty dollars worth of fruit trees girdled by mice under the snow. He had killed off his friends; skunks, owls and foxes...
...original copy of one of Lord Chesterfield's letters to his son as well as several miniature books written by Charlotte Bronte during her childhood are included by one case which further shows the variety and worth of this unusual collection of Miss Lowell...
...warden of Sing Sing since 1920. His kingdom averages about 1,700 inhabitants. They make and repair their own clothing, cook and serve their food, run a farm, a school, a library, a chapel, a laundry, a barber shop, a sewage system, a factory which turns out $650,000 worth of products a year, a power plant which, incidentally, supplies the "juice" used in the electric chair...
...Keith-Albee Corp. considers Lindbergh, Mussolini and the Prince of Wales to be the most valuable box-office attractions now extant. To each they would pay $10,000 a week. President Coolidge or President-Elect Hoover could get $3,000. Al Smith could get $7,000. Queen Mary is worth $5,000. Queen Marie is worth...