Word: awed
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...dream of every oil prospector. With intuitions and talent for analysis so acute that he really believes it to be second sight, he makes millions. Simultaneously the other things that he has valued escape him. Leisure and its cultural by-products are first to go. His ruthlessness compels awe but defeats friendship-when the liquid, lovely costume of his wife is much admired by guests, he exclaims: "I made her buy it!" At length his boasted gift of prophecy fails and while the newsboys hawk the story of his downfall, his wife comes to him, offering her humble adoration...
...absorbed a large maker of soda fountain equipment. Between 1908 and 1928 its current assets increased from $3,000,000 to $21,000,000. Although the stock (listed on the New York Curb) is rarely traded in, Scovill is regarded with respect by competitors, with pious awe by Waterbury businessmen...