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...Papa had indeed been harmonious and beneficial. They had been willing to give Papa his exceptional powers to "keep chiselers out." Papa, they thought, was the man who knew best how to do that. And despite his sweetly reasonable air, it was testified that Papa would indeed put a merchant out of business, if he did not go along with him. Fred H. Vahlsing, wholesale fruit-&-vegetable jobber, testified that when he refused to sign a union contract in 1945, Papa had forced him to shut up shop. Out-of-town members of Papa's union...
Daughter, Daughter. She had red hair and green eyes, and a camellia-white complexion. They called her Magda, a good name for a voluptuous beauty of her type. She joined the Greek Orthodox Church, though her mother was a Roman Catholic Viennese dancer and her father a Jewish merchant (variously described as a moneylender, druggist, innkeeper, garageman). The story goes that Papa Lupescu was very fond of Carol, and liked to refer to him and Magda as "my children." Once, when Carol's brother Nicolas recklessly proposed to marry a commoner, Papa Lupescu chided Magda: "Daughter, daughter! What kind...
...Delhi, India, a 21-year-old U.S. merchant seaman named Pat Wellington walked right up to Mohandas K. Gandhi and asked: "Mr. Gandhi, what's all this trouble about over here?" Replied Gandhi: "It's the same disease that is affecting the whole world. I call it poison." Pat: "It seems to be worse in India." Gandhi: "Is it? I don't think [so]. . . . Perhaps life is now more secure in India than in the rest of the world." The Mississippi sailor came away impressed. Said he: "Bilbo always sent word that he was too busy...
Fame at 26. Stieglitz himself was just as flamboyant and talkative as his art was quiet. His father, a Manhattan wool merchant, had sent him to study engineering in Berlin, but he liked studying photography better. He came home famous at 26, in a few years had won 150 prizes. Stieglitz was already becoming noted for his "firsts." He was the first to photograph moving objects at night. His imaginative eye made him a pioneer in picturing airplanes, snowstorms, skyscrapers, clouds. Then, flaunting his black cape in the face of the American dollar, the young romantic announced that he disliked...
...wealthy merchant's son, Malraux in his youth went off on an archeological mission to Indo-China. There, he discovered his sympathy for the underdog, helped the colonial rebels against French imperialism. Later, as a member of the Canton Committee of Twelve, he helped the Kuomintang and Communists revolt. All along, he had a romantic streak and a deep concern for the individual, which foreshadowed his later stand against Communism's robot ranks...