Word: knowes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Brookhart: I saw the Senator there. . . . The flasks, as I remember, were under the table and all one had to do was to reach down and get his flask and put it in his hip pocket. The Senator did not do that. I know. He told...
...know," said he, "I have not yet been officially informed of all this from Austria, but I dare say the rumor may have some foundation...
...American educational system is not designed to make people know the truth. It is tainted with propaganda and with the money of Big Business. . . . The obvious purpose . . . is to turn out job lots of men and women with brains as standardized as so many gum vending machines...
...signature: "Edward S. Harkness." Harkness? Harkness? "Why, thank you. . . . Ah, could you lunch with me?" he finally asked. "I'm very sorry, but my wife is shopping in Boston and I have promised to meet her. Good morning. . . . By the way, if the plan costs more, let me know how much." The unobtrusive man nodded pleasantly and went out. Months later, the "how much" proved to be $10,000,000 which ultimately Yaleman Harkness gave to Harvard (TIME...
...their tap water, when 1,900,000 people in 1,275 communities in Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Ohio ride on trolley car or bus, these people are using water power or electricity provided by Mr. Porter's company. Stock holders in Mr. Porter's company know that its outstanding common stock value has risen $196,000,000 this year, that the total stock market value of those shares was worth last week $295,892,503, that these greatly increasing profits are due largely to the company's electrical subsidiaries and their prospects. Friends...