Word: banke
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...some way which Pascal could not quite fathom, the bohemian tradition was being betrayed. It was a tradition epitomized, in the Left Bank's 19th Century heyday, by Author Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly, who used to lead a live lobster around on a leash. "He does not bark," Barbey solemnly explained, "and he has the wisdom...
...spite of his eminent philosophical name, these considerations meant nothing to Pascal, the waiter at the Café de Flore, who was much more interested in tips. Both the Lettrists and the Sensorialists disdained the Flore. The Lettrists patronized more congenial spots on the Right Bank, of all places; the Sensorialists, for reasons connected with their erotic ethic, avoided all saloons. "France has had enough café literature," Sensorialist LeGrand had said. "Cafés are fine for anyone who merely wants adventures...
Tsuyee Pel. Recalled last fall from a Government mission to New York, where his doctor had discovered a tuberculous spot on one lung, energetic Tsuyee Pei refused to be invalided, instead became a capable governor of the Central Bank of China. Scrupulously honest and immensely clever, Pei has brought 30 years of experience to bear on his nearly hopeless task, has failed to stabilize China's currency but at least has put brakes...
...Angeles building business by way of the University of Southern California and the ad department of Beech-Nut. After a year as an adman, Trousdale took a $125-a-month timekeeper's job with a local contractor, quit to form his own company with a $10,000 bank loan to finance...
With a banker's natural curiosity, old A. P. Giannini wanted to meet the 32-year-old builder who had already borrowed $30 million from his Bank of America, and was now asking for $50 million more. So he made a special trip to Los Angeles, dropped in on Paul W. Trousdale, looked at his past projects and future plans. Banker Giannini's curiosity was apparently satisfied, for last week Trousdale announced that he was getting his $50 million loan...