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...Drew left, apparently not noticing the incident, the others pounced upon the piece of paper, which proved to be an order. They bought Erie stock in large quantities, and were soon gulled." Mephistophelean Jay Gould, who was so hated that at times he had to have a bodyguard, "would pursue a deliberate policy of mismanagement 'as a matter of principle.' deriving his gains from the discrepancies between the real value

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: U. S. Plutocracy | 3/5/1934 | See Source »

...appealed to the Senate Committee on Elections and Privileges to investigate their charges that Senator Long was incapable of representing Louisiana. We have been convinced of the legality of the anti-Long side; we have met Long and have been disgusted with him. His very character, guarded by a bodyguard, is repulsive to our idea of a United States Senator...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: These Harvard Boys! | 2/19/1934 | See Source »

...propriety of liberals feeling distrust for the Senator because they have been disgusted by personal contact with him, that is something which it would take an ingenious liberal to explain. But prudent delvers in English must refuse to believe that character can be guarded by a bodyguard. A bodyguard may keep strangers from whanging a Senator in the eye, but a Senator's character needs far different and subtler protection...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: These Harvard Boys! | 2/19/1934 | See Source »

...Iron Guard that killed him. Martial law was declared throughout the country; all army leaves were canceled; an iron-clad censorship was clapped on the Press. Detectives went out in squads, picking up every known member of the Iron Guard, 1,400 in all. A special bodyguard was set over King Carol's Jewish mistress, Magda Lupescu...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUMANIA: Death of Duca | 1/8/1934 | See Source »

...being proSoviet. He aroused factional wrath last summer, on Armenian Day at the Chicago World's Fair, by declining to make a speech until a pro-Soviet Armenian flag was removed. After being ganged last August at a church picnic in Westboro Mass, the Archbishop maintained an armed bodyguard. But last week his bodyguard leaped too late to his defense. Arrested for the murder were five Armenians, four of them members of Tashnag. Police heard that Tashnag assigned the Archbishop's assassins by drawing lots...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Death of an Archbishop | 1/1/1934 | See Source »

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