Word: owner
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...race from Newport, R. I. to Plymouth, England, in 17 days, 2 hr., 14 min. Shrewd, 22-year-old Skipper Stephens gambled on a northern course, caught following winds most of the way. Partner in a Manhattan firm of naval architects, he designed Dorade last year, is part owner with his father who was one of his crew. Second in the race was Richard F. Lawrence's Skål; third Paul D. Rust Jr.'s Amberjack II. William Roos's sloop Lismore, hindered by a broken mast, was last...
Then a shrewd, skeptical policeman entered the apartment across the street from the shadow Virgin. He walked into the front room. "Hello, Sam," he said to the truculent owner: Sam Genna, gangster and "alky-peddler." Then he pulled down the shade. The apparition, caused by light reflected through a lace curtain, disappeared...
...Union City, N. J. Laura del Vecchia, 4, tapped on a neighbor's plate-glass window with a stick. A Mrs. Intermaggio, wife of the owner of the window, rushed out and scolded Laura del Vecchia. Laura's grandmother hurried up, scolded Mrs. Intermaggio. Laura's father bustled up, scolded Mrs. Intermaggio too. Intermaggio arrived; he and Laura's father fought, grappled, crashed through the plate-glass window, had to be taken to a hospital, were arrested, locked up in jail...
...droit de suite occasionally rights wrongs. In 1926 The Sleeping Gypsy by Henri Rousseau, who died in poverty, fetched 420,000 francs ($16,800) at a Paris auction. Rousseau's sister, a Mme Bernard, sued the original owner, M. Eichenberger, for her 3% ($504) which he refused to pay on the grounds that it was not a real sale. His own agents had bid the picture in at the reserve price of 420,000 fr. when it was not exceeded. In court, Mme Bernard...
...upon the Court's decision as to whether or not. recent Coca-Cola advertisements featuring Brer Fox et al. have infringed upon the copyrights of Author Chandler's books. Plaintiff in the $10,000,000 infringement suit is Mrs. Esther La Rose Harris, widow of the author, owner of the copyrights...