Word: accounting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Chagall has no words to account for his pictures. Says he: "They are only pictorial arrangements of images that obsess me. The theories which I would make up to explain myself, and those which others elaborate in connection with my work are nonsense...
Despite these conditions, he was confident that his team would make a good showing. "The boys will give a good account of themselves. I've never had a track team that worked harder in spite of handicaps, and I'm convinced that results will come...
...employe is permitted to gamble, make a customer repeat his name over the telephone, make an overdraft against his deposit account, borrow money from a client, or buy securities beyond his ability to pay. All of them know that Giannini refers to them as his "boys & girls." And while salaries are not startling, all know they can retire-after faithful service-with a comfortable pension. Most seem to like the setup...
...Much Talk. Outman illustrated his point with an account of his own experiences as executive vice president of Chicago's United States Mineral Wool Co. Shortly after V-J day, he signed a new contract with his 250 employes
When they heard about his dismissal, Kestler's entire staff (51 enlisted men, three officers) forthwith entered requests for transfer. To correspondents, Kestler poured out a bitter account of Lee's heavy-handed interference with G.I. journalism. The General's attitude toward enlisted men, said he, was like that "of an old Southern plantation owner toward his slaves...