Word: philanthropist
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Sarah Cooper Hewitt, philanthropist L.H.M...
Edward W. Bok, famed philanthropist: "Before sailing for Europe I told reporters that my $100,000 Peace Plan Award had had 'just the effect I wished.' Said I: 'It 'has awakened the people of America, by causing them to talk and think, both of which are the essential precursors of legislation...
Engaged. Harry P. Davison, 26, son of the late H. P. Davison, famed philanthropist-financier and Chairman of the American Red Cross during the War, to Miss Anne Stillman, 22, daughter of Mrs. James A. Stillman of Pleasantville...
...with papers in a $50,000 suit for alienation of the affections of the wife of one Ferman Dantes, who, like myself, comes from the Philippines. He avers that while I boarded with him, up to a few months ago, Mrs. Dantes and I became friendly." Julius Rosenwald, famed philanthropist: "Chicago newspapers announced that after the arrest of Nathan F. Leopold, Jr., and Richard Loeb, alleged murderers, -a friend of the Loeb family-rushed to the office of the State Attorney; an hour later, after having hear'd not only of the complete confession but also that...
Hence it is hard to tell whether there is any real flesh left on the old bones of this melodrama. Its psychology seems real and substantial as it carries Leah, daughter of the Viennese master thief, through her efforts to rob a French statesman and philanthropist, to her regeneration, achieved with due self-consciousness. In the final act, when Leah leaves her father and his pals, Miss Gahagan, with Jose Ruben, does some of the best acting of the play, and flames out in a final skyrocket burst that makes a good one-act thriller...