Word: characterized
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Now, from the vantage point of history, Frederick Lewis Allen '12 has been able to make an impartial study of one of the great figures of that time. He takes J. Pierpont Morgan, whose name at the turn of the century was the symbol for economic power, and shows his...
The book presents the life of the great financier, perennial representative at Episcopal conventions, and large-scale art collector, concentrating on one of the incidents which best illuminate the man's character and personality. He goes into detailed accounts of Morgan's financial maneuvers only to show how Morgan's...
"No sir," said Morgan; "the first thing is character."
Droop-eyed Cinemactor Robert Mitchurn, out on good behavior after serving 50 days of a 60-day stretch for conspiracy to possess marijuana, considered his carefree days in poky: "I had privacy there. Nobody envied me, nobody wanted anything from me. Nobody wanted my bars or the bowl of pudding...
But first to last, Champion is a tough-minded, penetrating character study which makes Midge neither an inhuman monster nor a whining victim of circumstances. It simply focuses a hard glare on his unreflective brutality, his arrogance and his bursts of self-interested decency. Much of its punch comes from...