Word: pies
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...guess about how I vote," says Conant, who was at one time listed in "Who's Who" as a Republican, but who campaigned for Al Smith in 1928. His policy toward the New Deal invoked angry grumblings from alumni which culminated when an old grad supposedly tossed a pie at him during a reunion of his undergraduate social club in the late 30's. Conant does not remember the incident, but it is a rapidly-growing legend in the club itself...
Jewish extremists and had gone home full of untold hatred for the U.S. They watched beadily as the slim, smiling youth received the first, custard-pie impact of an American welcome...
Each morning the 38 students get a stiff bout of lectures. They not only master menus ("What kind of pie is this 'assorted'?" asked one student), but also timetables, train tickets, how to tip, how to type. They learn to foxtrot, travel by bus, use a Bendix and electric iron...
...Tightwad! Next day Eleanor heaved an answering pie, a press release given out by the office of her lawyer, Louis Nizer.* Said Eleanor: "Those who have dealt with Mr. Rose throughout the years well know whether it is his clenched fist on a dollar or my alleged avarice which is responsible for the impasse . . . If he wants to find his real enemy, he need only look in the mirror . . . His present offer not to use his fraudulent affidavit, which has already been filed and communicated to all sorts of people, is like the act of a man who shoots somebody...
...their finger in the credit pie, Jarrell sold hundreds of banks and finance houses on the idea of offering an Old Republic policy every time they made a loan. Old Republic went after loans of $1,000 and less, while other credit houses and companies preferred to stick to bigger loans. To cover every situation, Jarrell offered two types of credit life insurance. Under the first plan ($1 a year for every $100 borrowed), the balance of the loan still outstanding at death is paid off; under the second ($2 a year per $100), the loan balance is paid...