Word: corde
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...frost-bitten feet. The last time she told the story was at a gathering in the Manhattan studio of an etcher where Nunsoe Due de la Terrace had not only had his portrait etched but where he himself unveiled the work by yanking a rubber mouse attached to the cord attached to the curtain on the easel (TIME, Dec. 17)Nunsoe Due de la Terrace of Blakeen's unofficial name is Duke. Last week, after reluctantly dismissing Greyhound Southball Moonstone, Collie Bellhaven Black Lucason, Sealyham Gunside Babs of Hollybourne and Pomeranian Wonder Son, Judge Alfred B. Maclay ordered Duke...
...little further inquiry established that Coldwater & Flynn had been retained for $15,000 a year as soon as Messrs. Cord, Bragg & Smith had taken possession of New York Shipbuilding. Mr. Manning naively declared he did not know that Mr. Flynn was Secretary of State of New York...
...came out in the rambling intricacy of testimony. Since Errett Lobban Cord had escaped the Committee's inquisition by going on a long yachting trip to the isles of Greece, the Committee seized as target for its questions Lucius Bass Manning, chargé d'affaires of Cord's motor, aviation and shipbuilding interests. Long ago Mr. Manning protested that it was just a happy coincidence when, the day after Mr. Cord announced acquisition of New York Shipbuilding Corp., that firm was awarded the biggest ($38,450,000) slice of the New Deal's naval contracts (TIME...
...Senators sat up and took notice-wondering audibly whether the rise in that stock from $3.25 to $22 in five months' time had anything to do with those weird gentlemen's operations. The tale went on: Speculators Bragg & Smith came to Mr. Manning to ask whether Mr. Cord would take a half interest in the majority stock, plus the duty of managing New York Shipbuilding. Cord bought. Mr. Manning and Cord-chosen directors took over the management but the names of Smith & Bragg appeared nowhere as stockholders. Their interest was hidden behind the name of one director: James...
Duesenbsrg, a Cord product, was back at the Show after a four-year absence with two monster-hooded custom jobs selling...