Word: businessman
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Everybody sees that Generalissimus Chiang Kai-Shek look not too as a Chinese. Mr. Svaricek, postman of Brtnice, whos was 1915-20 at Russia and Siberia . . . declared that Chiang Kai-Shek was born in Moravia country here. His war companion, Mr. Navratil, Businessman of Jaromĕřice and Roky-tna . . . was, they say, with present Chiang Kai-Shek going to school...
Nathan's experience as a businessman is limited, although he started early enough; at eight he ran a newspaper route. Later he sold silk stockings to help himself through the University of Pennsylvania. From there, he went directly into the Government, where he burgeoned as a New Deal statistician. He advocated all-out production before the war when even the Army was still moving with caution...
...Cannot Stop Her." In Amsterdam, 9,900 miles away, Dutchmen could not bring themselves to accept so pessimistic a view, which would spell catastrophe for their country. Said Pieter de Jong, a middle-of-the-road Dutch businessman: "We've already lost our trade with Germany. If we lose Indonesia too, The Netherlands will become one of the poorest countries on the Continent. If Indonesia really wants complete freedom, we are not going to stop her and we cannot stop her. But we Netherlanders sincerely hope the Indonesians have some common sense left. If we move out, the Indonesians...
...sparkplug of Louisville's Committee on Institutions is a small, bespectacled, 58-year-old businessman named George W. Stoll. One Sunday in 1940, Methodist Stoll left church after an especially inspiring sermon. He overheard someone say: "I've heard a lot of sermons like that. They inspire you to do something for your fellow men, but they never tell you what to do or how to do it." Then & there, Oilman Stoll decided that he would put Christian idealism to work in civic life...
...Month and its tawdrier sister, Literary Guild-together claimed nearly 2,250,000 "members," i.e., consistent buyers of wares. Among 1946's newest sales organizations: the Family Reading Club-"will appeal to the finer instincts . . . the sanctity of the home," and The Executive Book Club-"for every businessman . . . lawyer . . . banker...