Word: worth
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...known that Beck had borrowed huge sums from the union until mysterious repayments arrived in walloping big lumps-including $100,000 within the previous two weeks. Asked Goldwater: "Is he making much progress in paying [his loans] back?" Said McDonald: "Three hundred and seventy thousand dollars worth. That is quite a bit of progress...
...From a start of five men in 1945, North American's Rocketdyne Division has expanded to 10,500 employees, and its sales of some $165 million (18% of North American's total) last year led the industry. Aerojet General is running a close second, sold $145 million worth of rocket engines last year, and figures to do even better in 1957 with $415 million in orders on its books...
...only other problem which presents itself is the installation of kitchen units. And this expense would be well worth the added inducement to prospective tutors. Given the face that tutorial is Harvard's outstanding claim to uniqueness and (on occasion) excellence, and given also the fact that tutors are underpaid, overworked, and a little anxious about appointment, something might well be done to make their role a bit more attractive. For married tutors who have been unable to find lodgings except in some remote area of Cambridge, this alteration would be of great help. And as for the disgruntled single...
...Crowded Road. In Manhattan, elegantly tailored Jewel Thief Sidney Lewis, after confessing to police that he had pinched about $25,000 worth of jewelry, added mildly: "A man has to live, you know. He might as well live well...
Pittsburgh's National Equipment Leasing Corp. has gone after its business so aggressively that it claims to be the biggest diversified lessor of all. Since it first branched out of car rentals in 1954, National Equipment has leased about $35 million worth of equipment. Volume this year alone may come close to $100 million, although the company still works out of a six-man, one-room office...