Word: employed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...referred to him as the third or fourth richest man in the U. S. What is unique for a speculator, he probably has most of his winnings today. His suite of offices was small; he kept no stock ticker beside his desk and held no directorships. Nor did he employ a large staff of economic analysts. When he bought into companies he relied on personal investigations or investigations by a few men he trusted. Notable among such men was General Hugh S. Johnson whose talents were devoted to Mr. Baruch's private affairs before they were devoted...
...loudly declared: "There is not the slightest touch of impropriety in the contract between Byoir & Associates and the German railroads nor in my connections with that distinguished firm. ... If it is right for the Russians to hire Mr. Ivy Lee, why is it wrong for the German railroads to employ Mr. Carl Byoir and Mr. Carl Dickey? It was specifically understood that the work involved no propaganda and no anti-Jewish activities. ... I always regarded it almost a consecration to interpret the land of my fathers to the land of my children...
...TIME, by far the most attractive item in the May 21 issue was an excellent photograph of the brown-eyed, attractive Lucky Strike girl which graced the back cover. In the minds of some such readers arose the question: "Did the Scot Tissue Towels ad on p. 53 employ the same model...
...Secretary in Geneva Ramon Caballero de Bedoya announced that, to its great regret, Paraguay was about to embark on a campaign of terrorism and bombing of un- fortified towns. "Paraguay's decision," explained Senor de Bedoya, i:is justified by the fact that Bolivia was the first to employ these methods of terrorism. . . . Despite repugnance for these barbarous methods, Paraguay finds herself compelled to use them." Meanwhile the U. S. Congress passed the resolution granting President Roosevelt authority to ban the sale of arms to either belligerent. No sooner had the President signed it than he put it into...
...holder of the fellowship takes one year of intensive study at Harvard in preparation for any branch of public service, and then takes one year of field work, under the guidance of the trustees. The field work places the man in la suitable city in the employ of some expert who is sympathetic with the plan and who directs the fellowship holder in learning practical phases of his specialty...