Word: daniels
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Before long, everybody knew that the signaling gentleman was U.S. District Attorney Philip Barton Key, son of the famed composer of The Star-Spangled Banner. They knew, too, that the lady was Teresa Sickles, daughter of an Italian opera conductor and lovely wife of the distinguished young Daniel Edgar Sickles, U.S. Representative from New York, lawyer, "Father of Central Park," Tammany man, former First Secretary of the U.S. Legation in London, and a descendant of one of New York City's most respected Dutch families...
...many recent biogra-phies, Dan Sickles is partly straight fact, partly imaginary reconstruction of likely facts (especially in the bedroom scenes). It suffers from writing so thick with emotion that Hero Sickles often emerges from obscurity only to be buried in gush. But it leaves clear the fact that Daniel Sickles is the season's rarest historical find...
Many a unionist wondered if the editorial might not have slipped into the Teamster without the approval of Teamster President Daniel J. ("Uncle Dan") Tobin, 70, a rough, tough unioneer who dates back to Sam Gompers. (The monthly Teamster usually carries half a dozen articles signed by Uncle Dan.) A correspondent telephoned Tobin, asked about the editorial's authorship. Said Tobin: "Wait till I see it." There was a pause while he did, then: "Sure, I wrote it; my name...
...five-star military leaders who had signed the appeal to the public, none understood the critical need better than the man who bears the expansive title of Chief of Staff to the Commander in Chief of the U.S. Army & Navy. And yet, among the seven signers, Fleet Admiral William Daniel Leahy is the least known...
Even when Göring bought things, it was not always to the satisfaction of the seller. One of his best pictures is an early Van Dyck. It was bought through Daniel Katz, an Amsterdam art dealer, and the receipt shows that Göring paid 200,000 marks ($80,000) for it. Hofer estimated the value of the picture at $150,000. There is also a rather acrid exchange of letters in the Göring files between Hofer and a Swiss lawyer, the gist of which is that the Reich Marshal was expected to pay more than...