Word: money
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Exit in Haste. In 1924, after the U.S. Senate broke the Teapot Dome scandals, Blackmer abruptly abandoned the good life in Colorado, packed up a law library and plenty of money, and fled to France. There was plenty of reason for his flight; Government investigators had discovered that Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall had $230,500 worth of Continental's Liberty bonds, which prosecutors charged had come from Harry Sinclair as a bribe...
...committee), and Fall went to prison, later died in disgrace. Exile Blackmer stayed at his chateau in France. Even World War II caused him little inconvenience. He was technically a fugitive from justice and had no passport, but when France fell to the Nazis the Swiss welcomed him, his money and his third wife "Kaja," a buxom Norwegian opera singer...
...woman pleaded, "my kidneys make me very sore at night. What shall I do?" "Big old fool," snapped Réal, "I am fed up. You have a cancer." He ran from the room shouting to his father: "We are going to have 700 cars Sunday. Money will come in, eh, Papa?" Papa pulled the boy back into the room. Réal then told the woman to pray. As she left, she put a $10 bill in the center of the table...
Carvings & Black Cloaks. This summer, as the Holy Year 1950 approached, the Romans once again began sharpening their wits to give money-laden visitors a big welcome. One private enterpriser set up a stall at the foot of St. Peter's steps to peddle rosaries, postcards, photographs. For well-heeled tourists he would produce, as if allowing a privileged glimpse of a secret treasure, a varied collection of sacred cameos about which the only thing exceptional was the outrageous price. Opposite him another stall soon blossomed specializing in under-the-counter sales of high-priced coral carvings. A third...
...commodities, just about five times the outlay in 1948. At the fiscal year's end in June, the agency had $2.3 billion tied up in loans and inventories, showing a paper loss of $356 million for the year at current market prices. Most of the support money went for only seven commodities: cotton, $822 million; corn, $470 million; wheat, $640 million; flaxseed, linseed oil, $231 million; potatoes, $219 million; peanuts, $173 million; tobacco, $107 million. And the new fiscal year has opened with a bang: wheat support during July cost $63 million. For the coming crop year, the cost...