Word: minuit
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...would be the greatest real estate dicker in the history of New York, since Peter Minuit in 1626 bought Manhattan Island...
...famed Manhattan political lair, was sold for $700,000. Last fortnight, the vigilant New York World reported the property resold for $800,000. None cried "Graft!" But Tammanyites asked, "Who profited?" Joseph P. Day, whose reputation as a realtor in and about Manhattan is no less illustrious than Peter Minuit's,* had handled both the sale and the speedy resale. The question having arisen, Mr. Day announced that the resale price was $770,000. The question being pressed, Mr. Day agreed that the 10% profit should go to Tammany Hall...
...Peter Minuit bought Manhattan Island from the Indians for 60 guilders...
...watched the bowls sliding as if upon green ice with the mechanical accuracy of bearings around a greased axle, he commented on the origin, development, tendencies, of the game he loves. A straight gentleman with a red Dutch face, he looked like the shade of Peter Minuit, onetime (1623-32) governor of New Amsterdam, legendary champion of New Amsterdam bowlers, as he said: "All the big sporting events are Chicago bound. The bowling tournaments might well be' held there...
...residue of previous successes. It is a fourth carbon copy of Little Old New York and Not So Long Ago, with overtones of Plots and Playwrights and Zoe Akins' The Varying Shore. A series of totally unrelated one-act plays involving incredible incidents in the life of the Minuit family are patched together and stretched across a framework of the Mendelian Law of inheritance, in order to demonstrate that blood will tell and that children are liable to take after their ancestors. The dodge by which historical flavor is achieved is hardly more subtle than having a character...