Word: angel
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...irony of his gifts (they took a few millions out of the hundreds of millions he made from the World War) for hospitalization of the war wounded. But probably Eugene Schneider and Francois de Wendel are lovable old gentlemen who weep at a Chopin ballade. If an Advance Angel of Judgment should undertake today to quiz the De Wendels of Eugene Schneider on the others of their business they would unquestionably answer; (a) they didn't invent the passions and cupidities that lead to war, (b)if they didn't supply the demand for armaments someone else would...
...Germany the greatest steel company is the Vereinigte Stalwerke A. G. and for its head it has Fritz Thyssen, king of the Ruhr. It was Thyssen who was Hitler's angel; who, as one move in a battle to retain control of his industrial affairs (dealt a desperate blow by Germany's banking crisis of 1931) began pouring money into the treasury of the Nazis to assure to himself the help of a friendly government. So far, nothing improper; if Thyassen believed in the Nazi philosophy, or the good it might do him, there was no real reason...
...with his friend Harry Stuart. Afterwards he sometimes visited his other offices in the Peoples Gas Building and in the Chicago Civic Opera House, which he built. At 7:00 sharp he dined at home and either went with Mrs. Insull to the opera, of which he was presiding angel, or stayed at home, smoking a cigar, dozing in his chair and going to bed at 9:30 or 10. For the last 20 years he never took any exercise. He never touched alcohol. His only other notable divertissement was his elaborate Hawthorne Farm at Libertyville. It broke his heart...
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...spirit of the game, The Literary Digest guaranteed the American expenses of the Cambridge Rugby Team during its visit to the United States [TIME, April 16]. Marshall Field was a generous contributor in as much as he entertained the team and others at dinner. Fortunately there was no "angel" as the receipts from the games and the courtesy of the various hosts not only met the American expenses but paid the advances Cambridge made. In a word it was a successful sporting adventure...