Word: accounting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...poured down on the wheat fields of Red River Valley and on the crowd gathered around a dusty truck. A sunburned farmer squinted appraisingly at a little man standing and shouting on the truck's tailpiece. "He wouldn't be no account on a thrashin' gang," the farmer said. "But I reckon he's smart. And he talks plain...
Haganah men say that in the last four months they brought 7,000 out of 10,000 "illegals" safely through the British cordon. Once ashore, the travelers find the channels of absorption into the Jewish community efficient and heartwarming. One Polish girl's account...
Most Americans who remember the Prohibition Era would rather not. But to Norman Hume Anthony, onetime editor of Judge, Life and Ballyhoo, ft is the time when Americans were happiest. His autobiography, just published, How to Grow Old Disgracefully (Duell, Sloan & Pearce; $3) is a flippant, bawdy, superficial account of phenomenal success and complete comedown in the tricky business of trying to make magazine readers laugh. It is also the most unashamed backward look at the National Bender in a long time...
...Exeter combination of Smith, and Davidson outran or off Crimson defensemen to account eight of their team's goals. George Wood, Zeke Arias, and Bill Potter each netted single tallies for the Crimson...
...caused by 1) the bull market (which brokers said it was), or 2) fiscal magic. If magic, he knew how the trick was worked. Many an issue was "sold out" early on the day of issue because underwriting firms and their broker-retailers had placed shares in the accounts of partners or employes, or in the firm's own trading account. When the public heard the issue was sold out, they were convinced it was a good buy, so they hustled to purchase, soon drove up the price. Insiders could then sell at a profit...