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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...that past day now seemed like an era of happy irresponsibility, when no man had to account for his riches-though, like Carnegie, some of the wealthy, e.g., Andrew Mellon, John D. Rockefeller and Julius Rosenwald, had indeed accounted for theirs in handsome gifts to charity, art and education. Ever since the Widow Carnegie died in 1946 (Carnegie himself died in 1919), only a caretaking staff of six had lived in the big place...
...captured. Prosecutor Earl Pruet, a vigorous and sarcastic lawyer, pointed out to the court that Godbey was a fifth offender, and demanded a stiff sentence for him. Godbey got 35 years, and swore to Pruet: "I'll kill you if it's the last thing I ever...
...Take a good look at this man, boys," said Dr. William C. Gorgas to his staff as they performed an autoosy on a Panama Canal construction worker in 1905. "It's the last case of yellow fever you'll ever see. There'll be no more deaths from this cause in Panama." So thoroughly had General Gorgas stamped out Aëdes aegypti mosquitoes and the fever they carry, that his prediction lasted for about 44 years...
Many an Argentine hesitated to accept La Prensa's conclusion that Miranda was a dead duck. They had not forgotten that 18 months ago, when he swapped his job as head of the Central Bank for the chairmanship of the Economic Council, he had become stronger than ever. Perhaps he could do it again. But if half the stories circulating in Buenos Aires were true, Don Miguel was really out this time. Recent cabinet meetings, according to these stories, had become very stormy every time economic matters were discussed. Even Miranda's underlings in the Central Bank...
Even so, the detail--The New York Times said it was the largest ever assigned to a court case in police history--would be justified if there were no other way to insure the peace. But it takes time for a crowd to develop into a riotous mob. Enough time for a modern police force to reinforce a moderate guard. In fact, an excess of police could do just as much to trigger trouble as to prevent...