Word: owner
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...mere amusement of such high forms as birds and mammals, which almost certainly do suffer pain comparable to that suffered by human beings . . . and then violating the rights of property and entering premises to interfere with the natural activities of quite low forms of life in which the owner of said premises had taken no part whatever...
...addition to the mishap to Yankee's jib, she had been handicapped by a shift of wind that favored Rainbow. Her managing owner, Chandler Hovey, had just finished saying that he thought her showing amounted to a moral victory when he heard the news that Rainbow had been chosen. Said he: "It seems incredible." Aboard Vanderbilt's yacht Vara his guests did a war dance of delight...
...Manhattan theatre Louis Moni could not resist the temptation to pinch a shapely leg beside him. For molesting a policewoman, the owner of the leg arrested and jailed Louis Moni...
Last week with Hearn's once more thronged with customers, Messrs. Levin and Kaplan began their third year in control by announcing a unique merchandising policy. Starting about Sept. 1 Hearn's will operate for one year without profit. Owner-Manager Levin, who holds all the stock, will take no salary, no dividends. Net income, if any, will be turned back into lower prices. "We are able to do this," said Mr. Levin, "because, fortunately, we have no stockholders, bondholders or bankers in this business. . . . There isn't a soul to drain off dividends. . . . We believe our plan will help...
...Crawfords come up?Jack Crawford, successful commercial artist; Susannah, his silent, handsome, able wife and their daughter Judith, turning 17, a modern, vivacious youngster. Prissy, gossipy Mrs. Nettleton and her sister Miss Kitty are looking forward to the summer, as is Fred Bratton who works for Mr. Leverett, owner of "The Poplars," and whose wife is expecting her twelfth. There is the old sculptor, Stirling, always welcome. It looks like a good summer among friends. Nor would Rita Woodruff's affair with the Polish boy who sings weird songs, or the youthful infatuation of Judith Crawford for Bill Woodruff (aged...