Investigators soon learned that Mr. Alvarado had borrowed tremendous sums of money -- tens of thousands of dollars -- from school employees, Mr. Chin included.
Haiti did not finish its war reparation payments until 1947, and in order to pay the debt Haiti had to borrow tremendous sums of money from American, French and German banks at almost usury rates.
"A tremendous sum for a college student on an R.O.T.C. scholarship.
Ziegfeld tried to star Claire in musical comedy at tremendous sum so she wouldn't take this play.
Drawings by Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo sold for tremendous sums — those of the Sistine Chapel were especially prized.
As for the fine, Zohoury said, "I don't think $61,000 for the city of Beverly Hills is a tremendous sum.
Fitzgerald, for example, earned $50,000 a year, then a tremendous sum, from the Jazz at the Philharmonic series alone.
But it still added up to a tremendous sum that was just jaw-dropping.
As Hepburn herself summed up: "I take a tremendous amount of care over my costumes.
In Europe, the nexus of the soccer world, teams are earning tremendous sums from television contracts and merchandise sales, but they are also losing money because uncontrolled player salaries have skyrocketed.
