Word: accountants
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...publication of Mr. Cooper's Albanian Tales. The fact that both the people and language of Albania are about as obscure as those of any country on earth is the only element of definite economic value possessed by this collection: that is, if one leaves out of account the expensive binding, and a number of excellent wood cuts by Ilse M. Bischoff...
Everyone knows that Mr. Roosevelt, even aside from politics, has a great admiration for New York's Al. This little book, only 40 pages long, therefore comes closer to be Jonathan's account of David than Boswell's account of Johnson. It is campaign literature in the sense that it is wholly favorable to the Democratic candidate, but it is not campaign literature in the sense that the writings of Willebrandt or Heflin or the vaporings of Dr. Stratton are. Mr. Roosevelt says nothing, or hardly anything of the Republicans. In straightforward language, he merely recounts the record...
...Johns: Do you realize that our two agencies have not a single conflicting account...
...Manhattan's bankers failed to tremble. They answered neither sneers nor threats. Had they wished, however, they might have said: "We charge no more than the legal 6% interest rate. The additional 1% is a carrying fee, to compensate us for our trouble in carrying the account." This was, of course, one of many current evasions of the law's letter...
Hectic headlines have been announcing a politico-criminal upheaval in Philadelphia. Following is an account of actual developments up to last week...