Word: partners
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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That night there were enough guests at Mayor Sermon's house for two poker games: Marshal Fred Canfil, an old crony who was courthouse custodian when Harry Truman was a county judge; Eddie Jacobson, Truman's ex-partner in haberdashery; roly-poly, bonhomous Roy Roberts of the Kansas City Star, who doesn't play poker but likes to be in on anything; a scattering of judges and newspapermen. Harry Truman played until 1:30, enjoyed himself hugely...
...solution seemed to lie in a U.S. loan of up to $3 billion, which the British would accept only if they had plenty of time to pay and if interest rates were low or merely nominal. The U.S., anxious to get partner Britain back on her feet, had conditions, too: 1) modification of Britain's pro-cartel policy; 2) scaling-down of Britain's debts by the countries of the sterling group; 3) relaxation of Empire trade preferences...
...Accepted the "surrender" of part of the Japanese fleet from his old Shanghai golfing partner, Rear Admiral Masao Kanazawa, who proposed that both sides should now have a drink together, as after a golf match...
...paid for by the nation's most energetic lay evangelist, Robert Gilmour LeTourneau (TIME, March 25, 1940). Bustling, balding Bob LeTourneau is president of the Gideons-and also of a $26,000,000 corporation making giant earthmovers, mostly road-builders. He regards God as his "business-partner" and brings to his partner's business the same energy and enterprise he gives...
...July 15, RKO announced that it had completed a production and distribution deal involving several upcoming pictures with Selznick partner Rank...