Word: cheapness
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...Cruisers come high, go cheap. Last week the U. S. sold six old ones on the Pacific Coast for $275,927: the Albany, New Orleans, Salem, Charleston, Huron, Frederick. Abe Goldberg & Co. of Seattle got the Charleston for $49,111.60, a record low price. Conditions of sale: the ships are not to be used for naval purposes or as rum runners...
...results which might be involved in records' selling at such a price that caused the wonderment last week. Thinner in tone than most 75-cent records, they are vastly superior to cheap ones hitherto issued. They will play many times without sounding worn. They can be dropped without disaster. A new Durium record will be issued each week, one played by a leading Broadway orchestra and chosen as "hit of the week" by a jury composed of Producer Florenz Ziegfeld, Comedian Eddie Cantor and Bandman Vincent Lopez...
...extending around the world. Last fall, however, when stocks crashed the fur market had its most violent decline in history, average drops ranging from 30% to 50%. The only skins unaffected were such blue-chip staples as the very fine white, silver, and cross fox, Russian sable, fisher. The cheap but U. S. favored raccoon temporarily maintained prices because of seasonal demand. Eitingon Schild's inventories had to be written down, and it did not seem likely that dividends on the 6½% convertible preferred could be maintained. Since Goldman, Sachs underwrote this issue, and since Eitingon Schild...
...stand as he recited differences of opinion between himself and Senator King which led to their breach. In Manhattan, Mr. Metz confirmed the two contributions, remarked: "The revelations are amusing to me. . . . If senators can be bought for $1,000, all I can say is that they are damn cheap...
Highly pleased by these suggestions, rich but frugal Privy Councilor Mizumachi proceeded to marry his daughter on the cheap. Last week they were honeymooning at a Japanese inn rated as third class...