Word: cashing
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...Elvis, and he had RCA Victor crowing about a record 1,275,077 advance orders of his first postmilitary disk, Stuck on You. Already on TV tape was a slight spectacular that Elvis recently made with Crooner Frank Sinatra for a trifling $125,000. He could expect more petty cash from Stuck on You and its memorable lyrics. Sample: Ah'm gonna stick like glue-stick because Ah'm stuck on you, Ah'm gonna run ma fingers through yer long black hair-An' squeeze you tighter than a grizzly bear...
...trouble is that mounting civic pride has also stirred Morrilton to shell out more cash for new churches, sewers and an industrial-development fund, leaving little surplus for schools. Should the town not boost school taxes, it will have to drop the psychologist, art instruction, adult education and numerous other "frills." Last week some citizens seemed inclined to do just that. "Our town is too small for big, spectacular things," said one housewife. But other citizens were ready to pay at least a little more in taxes, retain some of the frills. Whatever the decision, Morrilton will never forget...
Throughout her years of buying, she carefully kept her name from dealers, but some still recall some odd things about her. She insisted on paying cash, and instead of allowing herself to be seen with a purchase, preferred to send a servant around to pick it up a day or two later. Though the prices of such early paintings can now go up into the thousands, Mrs. Gunn had no interest in making a profit. She kept no record of her acquisitions, but instantly consigned them to the barn, where they were soon covered with filth-splattered, torn and fouled...
...overall outlook for the year is concerned." Actually, the easing credit was one reason for optimism. Most economists think that the current dip is only temporary. The drop was caused chiefly by record corporate earnings and slower-than-expected inventory accumulation, which have increased the cash supply of corporations for short-term investments...
Fees, Fees, Fees. SEC "noted that while Managed Funds claimed that its primary objective was capital growth, the Slaytons manipulated the fund's stock not for long-term gains but "to provide a flow of cash to its stockholders at a high uniform rate" in quarterly dividends...