Word: mentioning
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...knew four Tammany district leaders allied with racketeers. On its own initiative the grand jury had elected to investigate this charge, had heard the Federal attorney name names. Last week it reported that Mr. Medalie "frankly said he had no evidence of crime against any person but did mention certain matters he thought might be further investigated." That further investigation the jury passed on to State Attorney General Bennett, good Brooklyn Democrat...
That favorite topic for the reporters of the middle west to fall back on--the World's Fair--has been banned from the pages of New England newspapers. All the reporters on the Boston metropolitan dailies, for instance, have been given orders not to mention the Fair. Yankees must not know there is such a thing. They must spend their summer and their money here...
Also requiring considerable competitive work are the periodicals, represented by the CRIMSON, Advocate, and Lampoon; (hisitatingly arranged in order of preference). One might also mention the "social" clubs which for many constitute an absorbing interest. To members these represent excellent opportunities for making lasting friendships and associating with others having the same thing in common. To those on the outside the clubs may appear as mutual backslapping societies organized to protect the congenitally incompetent from their intellectual superiors. There are the kindred activities of house committees and class politics, engrossing but perhaps meaningless because of disuse...
...good hater, Butler never hesitates to call names or mention them. There was little love lost between himself and former Secretary of the Navy Charles Francis Adams. Once when the Secretary was inspecting Quantico, which Butler took pride in believing was the "finest post in the U. S.," Adams humphed at everything he saw, finally pointed to a stadium Butler was building for his men, snorted: "That's one of your damned follies." Last big row in which Butler was the central figure came in 1929, when he was arrested and ordered court-martialed for retailing an anecdote...
...Jonas, ousted head of Manhattan's Manufacturers Trust Co. and Eddie Cantor's friend, neighbor and financial mentor, persuaded him to buy a huge block of Goldman, Sachs and put it away. For the next three years Funnyman Cantor devoted his life to making the mere mention of Goldman, Sachs a sure-fire gag from Broadway to Hollywood.* But the more fun Eddie Cantor had with Goldman. Sachs the madder he got. Finally last year he sued all the partners of the sponsoring firm of Goldman, Sachs & Co. for a cool $100,000,000. Other stockholders joined...