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Because Adolf Hitler has long understood that he cannot do without miraculous Dr. Schacht, who alone seems to be capable of keeping German economy from falling apart, left-wing Nazis have given up their attempts to boot him out of office. Dr. Schacht in turn has learned not to annoy Nazi extremists unduly. He had the memorandum mimeographed, sent copies to Nazi bigwigs, other bankers, manufacturers, without comment other than a request for their personal opinions. That done Dr. Schacht stepped into a plane and hopped quickly to Brussels where he was elaborately welcomed by King Leopold, the Governor...
...commanded by Queen Elizabeth to "annoy the King of Spain in his Indies,"red-bearded little Francis Drake put out from Plymouth in the Golden Hind, entered Magellan Strait, went plundering up the west coast of the New World. Laden with Spanish treasure, he pushed north in search of an Arctic passage back to England. One day in the spring of 1579, he sailed into a "convenient and fit harborough" somewhere near the future site of San Francisco. There he received the homage of native Indians and, according to his chaplain's account, nailed to a "faire great poste...
...general order as "putting on the heat." Although California Packing was only trying to stay within the law with a policy of one-price-to-all, A. & P. clerks made strenuous efforts to substitute other brands for Del Monte, buying was cut to a hand-to-mouth basis to annoy California Packing as much as possible, and orders were placed through brokers so that California Packing had to pay a 4% commission anyway. 'This is not spite," said Grocer Parr. "This is business...
When I heard His Majesty's final words -'I cannot carry on without the woman I love-I realized I still had respect tor him. ... I had enough loyalty left for Edward to let me cease doing anything that might annoy...
...revealing that her sensibilities have been hurt is thereafter to outgag the waggish Charlie. Rusty cheats Charlie out of a vacation. He retaliates by taking over the city desk, making himself unpleasant to his onetime colleagues. Rusty hires the world's most obnoxious office boy to annoy him, has his office painted in zebra stripes. Heartbroken when he hears she is to marry Roger Dodacker. success story writer (Conrad Nagel). Charlie arranges a wedding present for her by sending her a fire engine and a riot squad, an ambulance and an undertaker to Dodacker. In the last shot, Rusty...