Word: paid
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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First Lien. In Joplin, Mo., Mrs. Mabel Tarrant charged that her husband claimed he was justified in removing her false teeth to prevent her from visiting friends: he had paid for them...
...deficit, Truman said, could be blamed on the summer slump, which had decreased tax receipts by $3 billion. Expenditures had increased by $1.6 billion. Cuts in the defense budget and international aid were more than offset by $1.3 billion extra paid out for veterans' benefits, $800 million extra needed to bolster sagging farm prices. Another big item was the unexpectedly high burden of underwriting the mortgage market for veterans and rental housing projects. It had been budgeted at a modest $200 million; it was costing a whopping $1.3 billion-an increase...
...Therefore, I do not believe the ends of justice would be served by sentencing the defendant to jail," said the judge. Instead he fined Blackmer $20,000. Blackmer's attorney whipped out two $10,000 cashier's checks, drawn on a New York bank, and paid the fine. Old Henry Blackmer walked out of the courtroom, a free man-not exactly vindicated, but at least paid...
Early financial problems were great, according to both Peter and Mama. "When I got to America, I had $5.50," recalls Peter, "and when I paid the express for my trunk I didn't have anything." Peter, who spoke no English them, went on in the shoe repair business, and gradually turned his trade to bigger and better things. To the shoe repair business was soon added that of shoemaking. The Limmers showed a sample pair of ski boots around, but in 1924 there weren't many skiers in America...
...pilots were top-notch Canadian, English, American and South African World War II veterans who used English as the official Air Corps language. Like the Israel Army, the air corps had no ranks but positions. Unlike the Army, the Air Corps depended heavily on outside volunteers and paid a higher wage to induce flyers to enter the country...