Word: mattering
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Atlantic City whither he is wont to go when he desires to be nearer to the corner of Wall and Broad Streets than his own Chicago. Whether or not he, "biggest bull," had been engaged in a month-long duel with Jesse Livermore, famed bear, was not a matter of public knowledge. No one could quite believe that Mr. Livermore was, in storybook fashion, tsar of a band of bears which had fanatically obeyed his orders for two months. But certain it seemed that a colossal effort to reduce the price of stocks had had masterful direction, beginning with...
...playing pinochle with me until five o'clock in the morning, when we took turns at sleep for an hour or so up to breakfast time. ... In my first three terms in the assembly I knew nothing about lobbying, or anything els? that was going on, for that matter. . . . The newspapers often referred to Al Smith's Gang during my years in the legislature. That meant all my children, my wife, some of my sister's children, and, on some occasions, my mother...
...institution to a position as Professor of Sociology at Harvard. It was learned last night from unofficial sources that Professor Sorokin's name has been under consideration for a position in the Department of Economics here, but that no final official action is likely to be taken on the matter until the close of this month...
...matter how strong this backfield may appear on paper, little may be expected from it if the line does not show to better advantage than it did against the Army and Dartmouth. The line makes the backfield, as the Green forwards proved so conclusively last Saturday. Kuehn has won the race for the right tackle berth and the 190-pound Sophomore will be starting his first game for the Crimson...
...matter what may be the form under which the future "United States of Europe" emerges--if it does materialize--the United States of America will al-ways remain a decisive factor in Europe's trade, as a supplier of manufactured goods and as a source of capital for the development of her resources. The older continent for her part will no doubt continue to be the most profitable market for our wares...