Word: merchantable
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Fritz Leiber's production of the, "Merchant of Venice" at the Wilbur theatre last night was chiefly notable for its sympathetic portrayal of Shylock. At times he made the Jew into an almost kindly old father who was more often the object of good natured laughter rather than bitter scorn. The chief emphasis was much more on the Jewish side of the problem rather than the usual Chirstian one. This change which came near to turning, the play into a satire on Christianity was decidedly the most attractive and worth while feature of the performance...
Foreign Affairs: Aristide Briand* Justice: Raoul Peret* Finance: Paul Reynaud* Budget: Louis Germain-Martin * War: Andre Maginot* Marine: J. L. Dumesnil* Merchant Marine: Louis Rollin* Air: Laurent Eynac* Public Instruction: Pierre Marraud* Public Works: Georges Pernot* Commerce: Pierre Etienne Flandin* Agriculture: Fernand David* Colonies: François Pietri* Telegraphs: Andre Mallarme* Labor: Pierre Laval* Pensions: Champetier de Ribes...
...will refund the money." Citizens of Philadelphia, turning from their daily preoccupation with the Civil War, were glad to read Merchantman John Wanamaker's announcement, found him as good as his word, helped him turn over his stock so fast that soon he was Philadelphia's biggest merchant, civic monument, U. S. phenomenon...
...deliberated long on his choice of professions: chose to be a merchant, went to work in Philadelphia as an errand boy. On his way to work he carried his shoes in his hand till he came to the city, to keep them from getting dusty. By the time the Civil War came, Wanamaker had saved enough money to go into business with his brother-in-law, Nathan Brown. The new firm advertised itself in conspicuous ways: by posters, by balloons, by tally-hos, by rhymed jingles in the newspapers...
...Wanamaker had opened branch stores in Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Richmond, Memphis, St. Louis, Louisville, did not continue this experiment in chain-stores because he would not have a business he could not personally supervise. In 1876 he started a mail-order business, was the first U. S. merchant to send buyers abroad. In 1877 he bought the old Grand Depot next to the new City Hall, started...