Word: minuit
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Museum of the City of New York, most important civic museum in the U.S., has most elaborately displayed everything from wax figures of Peter Minuit to Boss Tweed's fire engine with the original Tammany tiger, Saint-Gaudens' preliminary study for the Diana of Madison Square Garden...
...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...