Word: worth
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Republican Senator Austin read from Mr. Amlie's writings statements such as: "Capitalism cannot be saved. . . . It is not worth saving." Mr. Amlie explained he held those views before the Supreme Court unbent. He did not now believe a capital levy would be necessary for five years or more...
...protect himself financially against the U. S. going Red, Joe sold enough Armour & Co. 4% bonds to buy 2,200 rubles worth ($1,588) of U. S. S. R. bonds, paying (still) 7% gold...
...letter to the Princetonian recently-raises a large problem. In recent years courses in marriage have come more and more to be taken seriously, and Harvard's Sociology Department will soon decide whether or not to give such a course here. No longer merely a joke, the question is worth straightforward consideration...
...cent within those years and that it is rapidly coming to be regarded as the center of Far Eastern Studies in America should not cause us to hesitate in holding this view. Nor is the possibility that there is a general increase in interest in the Far East worth considering. Everybody knows that East is East and vice versa. Let us keep it so and make two years of Chinese a prerequisite of any course dealing with some phase of Chinese civilization. Furthermore, the proper province of a university is the universe. Hence the advisability of concerning oneself very much...
Fidelity Investment Association is one of the largest U. S. "thrift plans." has sold $600,000,000 worth of its contract certificates on the installment plan in its history. Shortly before Christmas SEC charged Fidelity with something less than fidelity to its 60.000 investors. Publishing untrue statements, not maintaining required statutory reserves, writing up book value of securities, using investors' funds for the benefit of its officers-such were SEC's accusations (TIME...