Word: worth
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...make sure that his fellow dons got their money's worth-and no more-he invented a series of gauges by which to measure their drinks. All a man had to do was to hold a Dodgson gauge up to his glass and say "When" as the wine or liqueur reached a certain mark. Since liqueur prices varied, there were gauges for everything from green chartreuse to dry curaçao, with a special scale and price list for each...
...could easily absorb another five or six billion dollars' worth of goods from abroad each year . . . When we consider . . . the great [production] edge we have on the rest of the world, it just isn't sensible-and courageous-to shake with fear at the thought that we might run into a little competition . . . One sure result of free trade with a prosperous free world is a greatly expanded market for the goods which American industry wants to sell...
When United Artists finally came to him in February of 1951, Krim drove a hard bargain. His terms: he would pay no money for control of the company (though Mary Pickford said it was worth $5,400,000); if the company should show a profit in any one of the next three years, Krim's control would be extended up to ten years, and half the stock would go to him and Law Partner Robert Benjamin...
Progress Report Treasury Secretary George M. Humphrey totted up the results of his first refunding job for the U.S. last week and concluded that it was a "big success." Of the $8.9 billion worth of short-term securities maturing Feb. 15, only 1½% were cashed in, the rest exchanged for new securities. But the Treasury, which is trying to get more of the national debt on a long-term basis, made little headway in that direction. Less than 7% of the maturing short-term issue was exchanged tor a new bond paying 2½% and maturing in five years...
...machine takes the print in a few seconds with a colorless, odorless, stainless ink. Where installed DiGiTab has frightened forgers away. In the past five months, Milwaukee's Krambo Stores cashed 108,000 good checks totaling more than $5,000,000. It did get stuck for $250 worth, all cashed by the same forger, but DiGiTab helped nab him. Rental fee: $100 a year