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Should the Syndicate be unsuccessful, this sum would be forfeited, and it would receive no pay for anything it had done. The sum to be paid by the Government to the Syndicate, should it bring the war to a satisfactory conclusion, would depend upon the duration of hostilities.
Not long after the organization of the diamond trust Rhodes gave another evidence of his business acumen. He saw that the disorganized marketing of the output would lead to instability of price. He therefore formed the Diamond Syndicate in London, composed of a small group of middlemen who distribute the whole Kimberley output. In this way the available supply is measured solely by the demand.
"He wuz born a syndicate en he'll die er syndicate. De Debbil, he ain' gwine tu'n 'm en de Lawd he can't. De preachin' it runs off 'im same es water off er duck's back. I'se done talked ter him day in en day out twell dar ain' no breff lef fer me ter blow wid, an' he ain' changed a hyar f'om what de Lawd made 'im. Seems like he ain' got de sperit uv "
These twenty-three men had formed themselves into a Syndicate, with the object of taking entire charge of the war between the United States and Great Britain. This proposition was an astounding one, but the Government was obliged to treat it with respectful consideration. The men who offered it were a power in the land, a power which no government could afford to disregard.
She placed the manuscript on her knee, and, with her pencil, marked out the word 'entirely, substituting 'largely. The reading went on: "When it is remembered that the action of the London Syndicate will depend largely on the report of these two gentlemen, the enterprise of the Argus in getting this exclusive information, which will be immediately cabled to London, may be imagined."
He was introduced to us as the owner of the house Mr. Horace Harker, of the Central Press Syndicate. "It's the Napoleon bust business again," said Lestrade. "You seemed interested last night, Mr. Holmes, so I thought perhaps you would be glad to be present now that the affair has taken a very much graver turn." "What has it turned to, then?" "To murder. Mr.
The mysterious papers might contain information about South American mines as little Poritol had suggested; they might hold the secrets of an international syndicate. Whatever they were, it was really doubtful whether the necessity of their recovery would justify the possible slaying of another man. Perhaps the girl had unconsciously exaggerated their value.
Of this system of purveying to the public opinions which, by an absurd, illogical and pernicious tradition, are supposed to be those of the public, but which, in reality, are those either of a single capitalist or syndicate, Mr. Belloc is not merely the avowed enemy but the most active enemy.
I'm lousy but what other profession could I go into, on an overcrowded and hostile world like this one?" Seven thousand credits, Alan thought. It was a week's earnings for Hawkes but Steve would probably be in debt the rest of his life. "Who do you owe this money to?" Hawkes asked suddenly. Steve looked at him. "The Bryson syndicate, mostly. And Lorne Hollis.
Lie low and block him if possible. He well understood the import of the message. The "M. and M." stood for a rival syndicate of enormous wealth, and the fact that its expert was also on his way west promised lively competition in the purchase of the famous Ajax mine.
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