Word: calle
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...begat "Jack"-the present "J. Pierpont Morgan" (as he signs himself with nice filial deference). When introduced as "Mr. Morgan" at a recent smoker of his Harvard class of '89, he promptly cried: "Oh Hell, call me Jack!" Of course only his closest intimates and partners ever do. In common converse with the public a partner of the House of Morgan avoids mentioning his colleagues by any name or nickname. "One of our partners in Philadelphia" is supposed to be a designation so august that it would be fiscal sacrilege to ask "Which...
...They call the auctioneer a 'ham-merer,' " said Baron Gorell, "and his confederates are known as 'ricks...
There remained also the possibility that the Reserve banks would either raise their rediscount rates or attempt to persuade member banks to call in New York call money...
...down and talk this thing over. Call in the men from the Garden and the courts, from Hemenway and Soldiers Field. God knows they'll be glad enough to rest a moment! There they come, bandaged, on crutches, gashed and bruised...
Absences due to names being on the sick call shall not be counted...