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It ll be an awful wrench, I say, and realize that it will be for me, too, to know that it s gone, even though I ll be back on the other side of the world. Even though compared to Adam s death. . . I swallow. But you ll have the workshop. And lots of money. You can do it up. Get help. ... [Pg.67]

After Machetanz became ill and left Tarkio, the two spent years scrambling for enough time and money to meet again. They seldom managed it, but they corresponded until Carothers death. In more than 100 letters to Machetanz, Carothers described his hardscrabble struggles to continue his education, an ordeal that helped define the freethinking, driven man that he became. [Pg.109]

Your roommate is going to come into a sizeable inheritance at age 25. He is now 18, and ever since he saw a James Bond movie he has felt he must have an Aston Martin. (This automobile costs 13,500 with accessories.) He currently has only 100 a month spending money and he needs the car immediately. You have access to the required money because of the death of a wealthy maiden aunt. He is willing to sign over a portion of his inheritance. What would be a reasonable amount to request from him when he reaches 25 ... [Pg.294]

He still watched that vacant chair but he saw only the day they discovered the loss of that money which had disappeared so mysteriously from the firm s safe. Suspicion rested upon that one true friend of his, the friend to whom he owed all he was, all he had. There was not sufficient evidence to prove that he was the thief, but in the minds of his employers there was no doubt as to his guilt. The supposed delinquent was dismissed and the cloud of suspicion rested upon him wherever he went thereafter. Only two people had known the truth, the man now sitting by the stove in the tenement house kitchen and the friend who had suffered in silence rather than betray him. They had never met again, and not long after the robbery, the man now sitting by the stove had heard of his friend s death the physicians said it was typhoid, but he knew better. Disappointment, anxiety, heartbreak, were the real causes of his friend s early taking off. [Pg.41]

They had always lived in comfort and where was she to find the money to supply their daily needs Since her father s death and her mother s affliction, they had lived in the utmost seclusion. The few friends of her earlier life had drifted away one by one and there was no one to whom she could turn for help or advice in her hour of need. She must manage alone somehow, she and faithful black Mandy to whom her mother was still the li l Missy of long years ago, the l il Missy of the happy days on the southern plantation. [Pg.59]

In his will, Cavendish left none of his money to science. Most likely he believed that, because the money had come from his family, it should go back to the family. The famous Cavendish laboratory at Cambridge was founded on the bequest of a relative 61 years after Henry Cavendish s death. He was buried in All Saint s Church in Derby, now Derby Cathedral, but there is no plaque in the cathedral to indicate his interment there. Most likely Cavendish would have been pleased to know that he was to be as anonymous in death as he was reclusive in life. [Pg.96]

Mendeleev was born in Tobolsk in western Siberia in 1834. His father was director of the local high school and the family lived comfortably. However, all that suddenly changed when Mendeleev was still a child. His father Ivan became blind from cataracts and had to resign his post. He went to Moscow to have them removed and had an operation that was a partial success. He could see again and recognize faces. However, he was still unable to read books and thus couldn t resume his career, and he did not live long after the operation. After his death, of tuberculosis, his widow got his pension, but the money was far from enough to support the family. [Pg.158]

After the death of his wife, Phillipps searched for a replacement wife with more money to help him finance his collection obsession. He eventually settled for a clergyman s daughter and collected with renewed vigor. I wish to have one copy of every book in the world III he wrote to a friend. He ate and slept among his books. His new wife eventually complained of rats, and had a nervous breakdown. Phillipps only watched as she was carted away to a cheap boarding house. [Pg.194]

In order to create a big Navy, Henry VIII of England needed money which he got by confiscating the properties of Roman Catholic Churches and Monasteries. This money permitted him to create a Navy, which at the time of Henry s death (1547) amounted to 53 ships, all equipped with bronze cannons. With the... [Pg.128]

A capital is a city. It can also refer to value, money, or accumulated goods in business, as in the word capitalism. Albany is the capital of New York. Capital can also mean something that is important or that is punishable by death. Rape is a capital crime. John proposed a capital idea A cap/to/isa building. The capitol in Texas is modeled on the capitol in Washington, DC. The capitol faces Congress Avenue. [Pg.99]

The balance in your retirement savings becomes a part of your estate at the time of your death. You can leave an unlimited estate to a spouse. If you aren t married, you may find a significant portion of your savings going to pay inheritance tax. A withdrawal plan that moves money from tax-deferred accounts to a trust could save your estate a good deal of money. [Pg.236]

A trust is a way to leave your money so that it avoids probate, takes full advantage of tax benefits, and accomplishes what you desire either before or after you are gone. In a trust, you assign part or all of your estate to a trustee or trustees to manage and distribute in a manner prescribed by you. It is a way to control the release of your money after your death. This can be done to protect and enhance the lives of others, usually those dear to you. Things are prearranged for your beneficiaries because you won t be around to do it yourself. [Pg.253]


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