Word: businessman
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...quavering voice, a well-groomed mustache, a debonnaire manner brought him leading comedy parts in cinema, where many remember him best as the doctor-husband in Reunion in Vienna. Last week Actor Morgan put on his nattiest suit, gave his mustache an extra twist and became a businessman. In Manhattan he was elected vice president of a company distributing a famed concoction whose secret formula he will never know. The company: Angostura-Wuppermann. The brew: Angostura-bitters...
...reasons for painting." He immediately joined the famed Matisse group (Derain, Braque, Rouault, Vlaminck, Friesz), became one of Matisse's most brilliant disciples. Now he lives in a Montmartre apartment painted the same blue he often uses in his skies. Quiet, looking more like a businessman than a painter, he works strenuously, carries a sketch book everywhere, rarely frequents the cafes or studios of fellow artists...
...mostly to his brother Martin. Edgar was a world-famed surgeon; Ludwig had been killed in the War. Of the Oppermann women, one was married to a well-to-do German-Jew who had taken U. S. citizenship, the other to a Christian of good family. Martin, a solid businessman, had also married a Christian; his only son Berthold was the family pride. When the Nazis began their climb to power the Oppermanns saw that the anti-Jewish propaganda might have some temporary effect on business. First storm-warning was the advent of a new master at Berthold...
...other hand, the critic is patriotic whether he be a businessman, a worker, a farmer or a politician if he says, "I don't like the methods you are using to solve the problem; I believe it would be far better if we were to use the following alternate method'' ... In this great evolution through which we are passing, the average American is doing splendid service by coming back at the captious critic and saying to him. "Well, old man, and what do you suggest...
Even today almost every San Francisco businessman has his favorite among the penny shares of the Mining Exchange. Located at No. 327 Bush Street, it is one of the few U. S. exchanges that still cling to the old custom of calling off the full stock list 'at the opening of each daily session. After that, trading in the usual manner begins. There are no posts on the floor, each broker having his booth against the wall. All sessions are open to the public and only a low railing divides the visitors' gallery from the trading floor...