( The best evidence is that he received a monthly wage of about $125, very good money in an era when top hands worked for $30 and found.

`` That is, if we can be sure this is Colcord's money '' --

Lacking the pioneer spirit necessary to write of a new economy, these writers seem to be contenting themselves with an old one that is now as defunct as Confederate money.

The first thing to do is get her some money by a temporary but definite adjustment pending a final disposition of the case.

It has been a long time since he has seen any campaign money, and when the proposition is laid down to him as the friends of Mr. Hearst are laying it down these days he is quite likely to get aboard the Hearst bandwagon ''.

It is doubtful if Morgan was able to take home much money to his wife and children, for his pay, as shown by the War Department Abstracts of early 1778 was $75 a month as a colonel, and that apt to be delayed.

He is forced to play for little money, and must often take another job to live.

Either way it sounds like a sizable hunk of money and is.

But DeKalb citizens, those who use the facilities of the cannery, say the cannery is not supposed to make any money.

The approval of only three members of the board of school estimate is required to certify the amount of money to be allotted to the college.

`` And I am not sure that I have any cash -- any money, that is -- but if you will wait just a minute I will write you out a check if I can find my checkbook.

Its elimination would result in the saving of interest costs, heavy when short-term money rates are high, and in freedom from dependence on credit which is not always available when needed most.

There is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as may be necessary to enable the Commission to carry out its functions under this Title.

A minor is subject to tax on his own earnings even though his parent may, under local law, have the right to them and might actually have received the money.

A minor child is allowed A personal exemption of $600 on his own return regardless of how much money he may earn.

This program is based on the policy of designing and building efficient machines which will help produce better textile values -- fabrics whose cost in relation to quality, fashion and utility provide the consumer with better textile products for the money.

There is little enthusiasm for spending money to develop more powerful engines because of the erroneous belief that the aircraft has been made obsolete by the missile.

The reason that we are not going ahead full speed to develop high thrust-to-weight engines is that it would cost perhaps a billion dollars -- and you don't spend that sort of money if aircraft are obsolete.

But if space and money are no problem and small children are not on hand every day, it is certainly more restful to have your pool and entertainment area removed from the immediate environs of the house.

In spending his money today, the consumer is pulled in many directions.

This is to say that this was not a course in wise buying or money spending methods, nor a course in how to raise children.

The existence of conflict and of vigorous union demand for an increase in money wages does not contradict the assumption that the union is willing to settle for cost-of-living and productivity-share increases as distinct from a cost-raising increase in the basic wage rate.

It is true that, initially, the task was to remove restrictions that, it was thought, inhibited the free flow of money, goods, and labor ; ;

The absence of a tax base meant that there was no way to pay off state and national debts from the war years except by requesting money from the states, which seldom arrived.

Alexios gathered the money by plundering imperial tombs at the church of the Holy Apostles, though Henry's death in September 1197 meant the gold was never despatched.

Holding by feudal tenure meant that vassals must provide the quota of knights required by the king or a money payment in substitution.

These examples were meant to show the limitations of the barter system, leading to the eventual introduction of currency and money.

The emperor nominally provided an ample income for his family, but the difficulties of the over-extended imperial treasury meant that actually getting hold of enough money to meet financial obligations was a continual struggle.

The money economy of Jerusalem meant that their manpower problem could be partially solved by paying for mercenaries, an uncommon occurrence in medieval Europe.

Mercantilists fundamentally misunderstood this, long arguing that an increase in the money supply simply meant that everyone gets richer.

" This meant that the customer had spent all his money at The Eagle, and needed to pawn his " weasel " to get some more.

In Leonard's own faltering words, the prize money ($ 50, 000 ) meant nothing to him.

Lack of balance-of-payment support meant the Zambian government did not have resources for capital investment and periodically had to issue bonds or otherwise expand the money supply to try to meet its spending and debt obligations.

In 2008, after a downturn in the stock market, the decline meant $ 18 billion less in taxable income, with less money available for " apartments, furniture, cars, clothing and services ".

Don takes the money he swindled to Nat's Bar on Third Avenue, based on the legendary P. J. Clarke's, and gets drunk, missing the train he is meant to catch.

Diversion of funds to the air force and navy to prepare for overseas operations meant less money was available for the army ; the standard rifle was a design that dated back to 1891.

Too late to turn around, it was forced to fund the miniseries with Ford Foundation money meant for Sesame Street.

The necessity to maintain a vast army against France meant that less money could be spent on the navy, weakening the Republic's power against England.

* The establishment of the Bank of England, at a time when the Dutch were fighting against the French on Dutch soil, meant that money could be borrowed from London at lower interest rates, and at greater reliability and protection.

Though he attempted to defend the duchy against French encroachment for nearly a year, lack of resources and money meant he could do little but husband what little territory the English still controlled, and he resigned the command in September 1371 and returned to England.

In practice ESEA meant helping all public school districts, with more money going to districts that had large proportions of students from poor families ( which included all the big cities ).

This meant that it served as a cooperative agency that lent money from farmer to farmer.

The book and plays were translated into several languages ; Stowe received no money, which could have meant as much as " three fourths of her just and legitimate wages.

A shortage of money, and the priority given to the rebuilding of the cloisters and chapter-house meant that the rebuilding of the west towers was neglected.

At one point, Whistler gained access to Leyland's home and painted two fighting peacocks meant to represent the artist and his patron ; one holds a paint brush and the other holds a bag of money.

In the message, George recounts his memories of working with his father, his run-ins with the law, and finally, too late, his understanding of what his father meant when he said that money is not " real ".

This film, financed partly by Moore's mortgaging of his home and partly by the settlement money from a lawsuit he filed against Mother Jones for wrongful termination, was meant to be a personal statement over his anger not just at GM, but also the economic policies and social attitudes of the United States government during the Reagan era, which allows a corporation to remove the largest source of income from an entire town.