Word: partner
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Grenade in Each Hand. The British put her to work at once. Posing as a British journalist in Budapest, Agent Skarbek commuted by ski and car across the Tatra Mountains into Poland, to organize escape routes for Polish and Allied officers. Once she and her partner, a childhood friend named Andrew Kowerski, were captured by the Gestapo, but Christine, whose poise in the presence of danger soon became legendary, talked them both out of trouble. According to British Intelligence, she was the only woman who went through six years of Allied undercover work and throve on it. Most women gave...
...flush her out of a thicket hiding place. Christine made friends with the dog and got away. Later in Italy, she was stopped by a patrol. She raised her hands showing a live grenade in each. As the Italians stood with fingers trembling on their triggers, Christine and her partner backed away and escaped...
...Daley--Class Marshall. Partner, F.S. Moseley and Co., investment bankers of the New York Stock Exchange...
...Department of Defense was graduated from Yale in 1918. He studied at the Harvard Law School from 1919-20, and took graduate courses in business administration from 1920-21. He began work as a clerk in the National Bank of Commerce in New York City, and later became a partner with Brown Brothers, Harriman, and Co. In the early days of the war he served as special assistant to the secretary of war. Later, he served as a pilot and achieved the rank of Lt. Commander. Lovett is also a member of the board of trustees of the Carneige Foundation...
...China in the 18th century. Ashore, the traders were treated to fireworks and feasting by hong merchants, who alone among Chinese were permitted to deal with foreigners. But opposition to the old East India Co. was growing in England. Company Surgeon William Jardine saw his chance. He and his partner, James Matheson, a fellow Scot, doubled as consular representatives of foreign countries. Soon Jardine, Matheson & Co. were making millions in the China trade...