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Word: prepaid (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Charles River last week, three Princeton crews beat three M. I. T. crews. Princeton did not use its mysterious new shell, The Flying Dutchman. This shell, anonymously given, appeared prepaid one day at the Princeton boat house. It is eight feet shorter than the average shell, and nine inches wider. Flatbottomed, it is designed to skim the water rather than cut it. When it goes fast, it rises out of the water like a motor boat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Dutchman | 5/6/1929 | See Source »

...Winslow Carlton, is a Senior at Harvard. Since 1914 Mr. Carlton has been President of Western Union. Recently The Daily Princetonian pulled a publicity stunt. It telegraphed many a prominent man asking: If you had only 24 more hours to live, what would you do with the time? Prepaid, the telegraphic query came to Mr. Carlton. Immediately he wired back: "I would spend it in prayer for Princeton...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Wire v. Wireless | 4/1/1929 | See Source »

...though I know all about football I am the veriest dub on matters presidential. So I'll give you the inside dope on New England--just to show this fellow. Cut this out and paste it on your mirror. The morning after election you can wire me your congratulations (prepaid, please...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FORECAST PUNCTURES POLITICAL BUBBLE IN SENSATIONAL EXPOSE | 10/20/1928 | See Source »

Opening in the middle of April, First National Pictures will launch a campaign to secure for the screen those Grecian visages which to date have been obscured by the dust of the pursuit of knowledge. The fortunate youths will forthwith be shipped prepaid to Burbank, California where they will be tested thoroughly for eight weeks at $50 per week. Should the neophytes meet with the approbation and unqualified admiration of this branch of the cinema world, they will be reengaged on a scale of rapidly mounting salaries...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Advent of Cinema Scouts to Bring Joy to Owners of Grecian Profiles--Hollywood Seeks Shipment of College Apollos | 3/31/1927 | See Source »

...also up from $251,173,583 to $265,723,525, but as goodwill, trademarks, receivables, etc., are lumped under this head, no one but Mr. Ford and his confidants exactly understand what the increase really means, "Securities" held advanced from $40,963,073 to $55,070,306 and "prepaid expenses" from $847,187 to $1,455,083, while "merchandise and supplies" varied only from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Ford Statement | 9/21/1925 | See Source »

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