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...what extent, if any, do American officials of the Wood regime profit by opposing Philippine independence...
...what Prince Yusupov is now trying to do, and is prepared to do, so far as having the cash in hand is concerned. He has proffered a check for $520,334, representing the current value of 100,000 pounds sterling plus 29 months' interest at 8%-a profit for Mr. Widener of $155,334 on his money investment, if he chooses to take it in that...
...Widener does not so choose. He wants the pictures-not the financial profit. Even so, he is well ahead of the game, for this particular pair of portraits could be marketed for a good deal more than ?100,000 if they are genuine Rembrandts, or even if painted by Vermeer of Delft, as Dr. Van Dyke somewhat fantastically asserts in his disquieting book. The figure mentioned at the time of Mr. Widener's "purchase" two years...
...because of deformities which militate against employment or marriage, have had to be turned away. Formerly, except in armies, only the rich could afford facial surgery, but the St. Andrew's Clinic will extend its services to persons of moderate means. It will be run on a no-profit basis and will give post-graduate courses to surgeons from all over the world. To guard against commercialization, such students must meet the surgical requirements of the Royal College of Surgeons or the American College of Surgeons. In addition to English and French members of the Clinic staff, two Americans...
...Although it is early to comment on the results of this arrangement, it can be said that Harvard will profit most by the exchange of men. When Mr. Leys was here, he had a representative group for tutorial work and conducted a course in modern English history. His work was the same as the other men in the department, and for a space of three months he became a Harvard tutor, studying the American tutorial method...