Word: bargainings
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...other bids and awarded the contract to Sinclair. It was a contract to extract oil from U. S. property on a royalty basis. In Fall's advertisement for bids nothing had been said about including in the lease an option to renew if the successful bidder found his bargain profitable. Yet into Sinclair's five-year contract was inserted such an option, to renew for another five years...
...second act, due to the exquisite awkwardness and charm of Helen Chandler, seemed convincing and almost sufficiently beautiful to be exciting. Faust, having regained his youth, met Margaret and loved her despite the fact that he had made a bargain for his soul. First he sent his devil carrying presents to her, then he seduced her and finally killed her brother who attempted, idiotically enough, to defend his sister's honor. Faust dared to return later to Margaret, but, infected with diabolical and tragic cowardice, he did not dare to stay...
That a bastard could keep a bitter bargain when an emperor of the blood could not, is the thrilling tale which Author Preedy tells in all the sharp contrast of two disparate natures. With ingenious charm he answers an enigma of European history, enriching it with intriguing rogues, loyal soldiers, a soothsayer, an acrid duchess, and a golden-haired damsel who sets a light at her bedroom window...
...King; with Dennis King as Hero. The musical play was based on a famed portrayal of Villon's life, If I Were King, by Justin Huntly McCarthy in which Edward H. Sothern thrilled Manhattan during 1901, 1908, and 1916. In this opus the poet is represented making a bargain with Louis XI, King of France, whereby they exchange places for a short period. There is no historical basis for this romantic situation, which stimulated Playwright McCarthy's famed poem...
...wish to send a few words of appreciation. . . . The letter is not for publication-to publish it would do you more harm than good. I am of the lower class, and the support you should gain through my influence, among my crowd, would be a sorry bargain...