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...gave him the nickname because, like many a newspaperman, he assumes an expression of innocent astonishment when caught in some particularly outrageous roguery. And they are banjo-like. He indited his first novel. No! No.' The Woman! to me thus: "To Dort." Actually he calls me "Dorit Biskit." Philosophic, I take it as a tribute to my mild feats at biscuit-shooting, voice no anger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jul. 4, 1932 | 7/4/1932 | See Source »

...around $4 now. Its bond interest has been defaulted and a financial reorganization is being worked out. One of its best known brands is Airy Fairy cake flour, a competitor of General Foods' Swans Down. A new product is ready-to-bake Airy Fairy Kwik Biskit, over which General Mills and Washburn Crosby filed a suit charging infringement of its Bisquick trade mark. Commander-Larabee promptly filed a $1,000,000 counter suit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Commander to the Gulf | 6/27/1932 | See Source »

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