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pen is paying away gold even
Alongside are these words: "The man who buys a foreign-made fountain pen is paying away gold, even if the money he hands across the counter is a Treasury note.
— from The War After the War by Isaac Frederick Marcosson

personal influence produced a good effect
At first their authority, solicitations, and personal influence, produced a good effect.
— from The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Complete (1555-66) by John Lothrop Motley

Putnam is President and George E
Mr. Putnam's two other sons founded, in 1882, the Putnam Tool Company, located on Walnut street, of which Salmon W. Putnam is President, and George E. Putnam Treasurer, and is owned entirely by the Putnams.
— from The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 6, March, 1885 by Various

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