Word: concerning
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...second oldest bank in Manhattan first opened for business at No. 40 Wall Street in 1799. Unable to obtain a bank charter from a New York legislature which was under the thumb of Alexander Hamilton, a slick politician named Aaron Burr wangled a charter for a concern to supply the City of New York with "pure & wholesome water." As all the world now knows, there was tucked away in that charter a harmless-looking clause permitting The Manhattan Co. to transact any financial business within...
...House of Lucky Wedding Rings," "when the news reached us shortly thereafter, that on August 28, 1933, the Slavick Jewelry Co. of Los Angeles, had held a one-day sale which so far surpassed all previous records as to make them look like the efforts of amateurs. The Slavick concern set a mark that astonished the entire silverware industry. They sold $44,000 worth of silver in one day, all of one brand, one pattern...
...course we, at the Samuels concern, were discouraged and considerably abashed. We had hoped to overtake the record and here suddenly the record was put far beyond reach. We couldn't see a glimmer of hope of any event that would enable us to challenge it. So we gave up the idea and tried to reconcile ourselves to see it held elsewhere. But it griped us. And to have that record held in Los Angeles of all cities...
...Harvard large endowments depend on winning football teams. The Harvard endowment steadily increased absolutely as well as relatively until the depression. Yet our football teams remained more or less constant in the quality of their playing during this period. (Whether this is true of all universities is not our concern...
...Bestowed 60,000 francs ($4,000) upon the now hard-pressed and almost deserted American Library of Paris. Said M. Flandin: "The library is useful to French writers, newspapers and institutions of learning which concern themselves with America...