We borrowed to fund two wars, then borrowed even more to avert a financial collapse.
How many times did Velma make that walk to a borrowed telephone, having to choose between her sons' freedom and their safety?
It is common for fire extinguishers to be borrowed for inspection day, for workers to be schooled in what answers they have to give when asked questions.
If that money had to be borrowed and repaid, the investment in education could quickly become marginal compared to alternatives, especially as college students are a self-selected group who would probably earn more than the average high school graduate anyway.
So many have lined up to sell borrowed shares of Corus Bankshares of Chicago that it would take more than 20 days to cover the positions, according to data from Nasdaq, where the shares trade.
The modern environmental movement appears to have borrowed only half of the apocalyptic narrative.
With spreads so high, the firm no longer needs to use as much borrowed money to get results.
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke seems to have borrowed a page from Mervyn King, Governor of the Bank of England.
According to Hedge Fund Research, a research firm, more than half of existing funds of funds are allowed to invest borrowed cash.
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First, it is based on banks' estimates, rather than the actual prices at which banks have lent to or borrowed from one another.
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You can make up some of the gap of this lost capital with domestic savings, but the rest has to be borrowed at a price.
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He urged patients to return borrowed medical equipment such as crutches.
Mr Barr was questioned by Tony McGleenan QC, for the families, about a phone registered to Mr Murphy and another he is alleged to have borrowed from one of his workers.
The reason is that as and when the UK government, for example, is perceived to have borrowed too much, the Bank of England can buy some of its debt and turn it into money.
All the money for everything else the federal government does, including all of national defense, law enforcement, transportation, agriculture, indeed, for every cabinet department outside of spending for the above entitlements, all will have to be borrowed.
The image of a "fat cat" consultant spending more time on the golf course than on the wards is one that we're likely to see borrowed over the coming few days, as senior doctors reject a new contract.
Determined to turn GEC into a major telecoms player, Lord Simpson sold off its defence assets, changed its name to Marconi, and borrowed heavily to fund an acquisition spree aimed at building up its presence in the telecoms sector.
"The thing that made the first year so easy is the women's lives were very simple and their problems were very small, " says Cherry at the Critics Association press tour in Los Angeles, explaining the creative decision he claims to have borrowed from ABC's Lost.
Low interest rates are a godsend to consumers who borrowed at low teaser rates to buy bigger houses than they could afford.
Indeed, at times he does not seem entirely convinced himself, and his overuse of historical quotations may lead readers to conclude that he is using borrowed wisdom to buttress an argument he knows to be flimsy.
That encouraged investors to use leverage, or borrowed money, to enhance returns.
Assuming the issuer does not default on its bonds, an investor will not lose money on individual bonds if they are held to maturity, when the issuer returns the borrowed money to the investor.
But the cost-cutting will likely be more severe because there are probably debt covenants tied to all the money owner Fred Wilpon has borrowed tied to the Mets and their one-third interest in the regional cable network, SNY.
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They were so blindingly bright to me I eventually borrowed my mother's tinted sunglasses to cut down on the glare.
Even through the recession, debts have continued to grow in real terms, as people have borrowed more to sustain their spending.
The rally in banks was especially forceful as short-sellers scrambled to buy back borrowed shares.
Federal spending has propped up the economy, but now the government has borrowed to the breaking point.
Meanwhile, margin debt, or the amount of money that investors have borrowed to invest in stocks, is climbing.
The government has borrowed to cover the shortfall, but the gap is widening.
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