Word: brasses
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...simply needed a song. The chorus is from a saying my Dad often used. He never saw real money. He was constantly in debt to the coal company. When shopping was needed, Dad would go to a window and draw little brass tokens against his account. They could only be spent at the company store. His humorous expression was, 'I can't afford...
...week's end the hearings has almost petered out. The platoon of G.M. brass gathered up their papers and went home, leaving assistants to clean up odds and ends of testimony over the next few weeks. What had O'Mahoney accomplished? The hearings showed that G.M. executives did their homework before they took the stand, that they freely cooperated with the committee, and that they ran a highly efficient business. While some of G.M.'s 17,000 dealers were clearly sore, the records proved that even they had done very well. Quipped one newsman...
Crane expects the fire departments of cities en route to "give the pumper the old visiting fireman treatment, brass bands and all. During night stopovers, the engine will be parked in local firehouses, ready for anything...
Commuters from Dudley chose Charles O. Chambers '58 to represent them on the Council. Chambers received 72 votes, defeating Constantino S. Yannoni '57, Harold L. Goldberg '57, Henry L. Tafe III '58, Albert E. Yellin '58, Philip D. Cutter '57, and Paul R. Brass...
...Brass, Beauty, Brains. In addition to collecting culture, Marx is frequently accused by competitors of "collecting" generals. Actually, he has known most of his brasshat friends since they were young officers. His love affair with the military started in the early '30s, when he was able to give a hard-to-get toy-train switch to the late Air Force General H. H. ("Hap") Arnold, who was then a major at Bolling Field. Arnold introduced Marx to General Walter Bedell Smith, now vice chairman of the American Machine & Foundry board, who was then a captain. Said "Beedle" Smith recently...