Word: partner
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Anheuser-Busch interests. He became the active head of two large St. Louis families, the Anheusers and the Busches, who have been in close marital and business relations ever since Adolphus Busch, rich immigrant, sold grain to Eberhard Anheuser, small brewer of St. Louis, and became his partner...
...legalist, to organize his iron and steel consolidation plans, and to give them grace. The late Andrew Carnegie was the biggest steel maker in the U. S., and Mr. Schwab was to all purposes Andrew Carnegie, being president of the Carnegie Steel Co. and Carnegie's prime partner. They could wreck the Morgan schemes. But they wanted to sell out-for nearly a half billion dollars. "Charlie" Schwab consummated that deal by persuading first Judge Gary, then Morgan. He became the first president of the U. S. Steel Corp...
...Sblood, Sir!" Old Tatt would have roared, "man and boy I've been everything from stud groom to business partner of 'is Majesty George IV*. . . . I've seen a good bit I 'ave! But I never thought to see the day when a bloody bettin' tax 'ud be collected at Tattersall's by the sellin' o' pink tickets...
Sandor Turai, mellow cynic, would rather his dear Albert retain a beautiful illusion than know the bitter truth. So he writes a play during the night, works the scandalous conversation into the dialogue, makes the two culprits act it before the houseparty guests, thus makes the naughty prima donna partner to a virtuous rehearsal in her chamber the night before. It was rather difficult to find some-thing " 'soft, round, velvety,'-and respectable." But Playwright Molnar is nothing if not ingenious. He has even given Johann Dwornits-chek, footman, a personality. Ralph Nairn plays the part. The entire...
...Partner Dwight W. Morrow of J. P. Morgan & Co. quaintly reminded the meat men that in ages past butchers were as lowly, as despised as usurers. Now, he was happy to say, "packers" and "bankers" can associate with professors. This badinage was prelude to a prediction astounding from so august an authority, to wit, that every country of Western Europe, including France and Italy, will have returned to a gold exchange basis by the end of next year. This stability of international exchange is of high importance to packers, who now export, a third of a billion dollars yearly...