Word: incur
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Failure to comply with these regulations will incur a fine of five dollars...
...House, passing the Interior Department's appropriation bill, had tagged it with an amendment giving the Secretary of the Interior $250,000 to acquire by condemnation private lands in national parks, and authorizing him to incur additional obligations up to $2,750,000 to match public donations for park improvements. Behind this proposal were two purposes: 1) To save Yosemite National Park from logging on 11,000 acres of private land within its confines; 2) To banish forever unsightly "hot dog" stands from Federal expanses of nature's bosom...
Especially significant was Inspector Hoover's recommendation that admiralty laws be amended reducing the amount of salvage that may be claimed by masters of ships which answer another's SOS. Inspector Hoover pictured the reluctance of a captain in time of peril to incur the expense of salvage. "If the amount was reduced, the master of a ship in distress would not hesitate too long before asking for help...
...when they momentarily reach the mark does not imply a withdrawal of rank from those men who fall below the Third Group in November or April. High standing is too desirable and not to be encouraged by quick reward and too rare to have its perhaps momentary lapse incur a penalty...
...Freshmen are reminded that plans of concentration and distribution and lists of studies for the first half of next year are due at C University Hall not later than Wednesday. Students failing to file this information at the time set will incur a charge...