Word: deal
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...shown that, when he needs it, he has a streak of stern resolution beneath the gentle surface. In politics he was, a Massachusetts Democratic politico admiringly recalls, "a real Yankee trader who'd give you an apple for an orchard and make you think you got a good deal." Adds another Bay Streeter, who has known Herter for decades: "There are some people who would say he's too nice a guy for the job. It's not true. Believe me, he can be tough and hard when he needs...
...example was pretty Belgian Marie Vernaecke, who was set up in a Mayfair flat, married to a complaisant Englishman to qualify for British citizenship; she earned the brothers around $5,600 a month. Unfortunately, Belgian police caught Carmello and Eugene in a nightclub just as they were closing a deal with two more Belgian girls...
Harvard participants will represent both France and the United States; Dartmouth, Russia; Yale, both East and West Germany; and M.I.T., Britain, Poland, and Czecho-Slovakia. The teams will deal with the world situation as it exists at 3:30 p.m. this afternoon...
...good deal was riding on this attempt at repertory. Its failure indicates that Americans (there is no reason to suppose that Bostonians are unique) do not want good theatre, and will not take it when it is offered. It will be hard now to read the success of a good play as indicating anything except that an audience has been stampeded by hit psychology, coaxed by affection for a favorite star, dragged by dumb loyalty to a particular critic, or tempted by the possibility of sexual excitement...
Wall Street's concern, as voiced in its ads, is all to the good. But the Street and the corporations it serves can do a great deal more to curb uninformed speculation by their own efforts, instead of wagging a finger at the public. When irresponsible rumors boom a stock, company officials often keep quiet rather than making the prompt denials that would cool it off. Many a stock has been run up on wild rumors when there is so little stock available that any buying or selling sends it rollercoasting. The exchange has the power to suspend trading...