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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...spoke ad hominem and hoped the rest...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MAIL | 3/1/1938 | See Source »

...when Raymond Marien answered a want ad from the Manhattan accounting firm of Homes & Davis, he had already been in jail once for forgery. But no one at Homes & Davis knew that, and Raymond Marien had a good head for figures. He got the job. He worked hard, and in 1933 he was put in charge of the accounting of Interstate Hosiery. Because of the activities of Mr. Marien, Interstate Hosiery statistics are highly dubious, but a rough guess by officers at its current net assets last week was $925,000. Every month Mr. Marien went to the company mills...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Impulsive Accountant | 2/28/1938 | See Source »

...whole matter finally reached a reductio ad absurdum when it was discovered that at least one of the men singled out by the practical joker has been a group one man for two years...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HOAXER SENDS FRIGHTENED BUSINESS STUDENTS TO DEAN | 2/26/1938 | See Source »

...Boston Traveler appeared an ad: All wool navy ski pants, three dollars and forty cents per leg. Seats free...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Feb. 21, 1938 | 2/21/1938 | See Source »

...power of delegation; then B exercises the power by giving a life estate of his son, C, of life, remainder to such of C's issue as C shall by will appoint with full power of delegation; then C exercises the power in the same way, and so on ad infinitum...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LAW PROFESSOR SHOWS DUPONTS HOW TO AVOID TAX | 2/9/1938 | See Source »

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