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...finances, the supposition is always made, if it is not consciously formulated, that a slack period is an ideal time in which to force liquidation on borrowers. There has been a failure to distinguish between the character of debt which should be permanent, such debt which a popcorn vendor runs up at the local hofbrau. Debts on such enterprises as the Middle West Utilities, whether they are notes or bonds, should be freed from the liquidating impulse of the business cycle. If it be objected that this would mean a fundamental change in the credit mechanism, one can only reply...
...done business on the same spot for 28 years proudly issued a press release. The spot: intersection of Pennsylvania and East Executive Avenues, northeast corner of the White House grounds. The merchant: Nicholas Stephanos Vasilakos, proprietor of a peanut stand. The Press release, written in pencil on an empty popcorn bag: "Was certainly a great pleasure for me to wait on a new customer today at noon. The First Lady of the Land stopped by my stand and purchased a bag of fresh roasted popcorn for pastime while she was walking with another fine lady and with...
...conceal; the audience watched the faces for signs that would show the near collapse of one or another of the youths. If the audience tired of watching it was amused by seeing two buffoons push one another over, spit at one another, make lewd jokes, or it could eat popcorn and ice-cream. The contestants shuffled on, around and around...
...foreign soil. To Mexico City to make a picture called Viva Villa, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer had sent Lee Tracy, famed for his staccato characterizations of reporters, press agents and politicians. Noted for his eccentric conviviality, Actor Tracy used to frequent Manhattan speakeasies with pockets full of cheese crackers and popcorn. Last week when 30,000 Mexican cadets paraded past his hotel he appeared on the balcony outside his bedroom, wrapped in a blanket. Throwing that off, he shouted profanities at the crowd, waved his arms in insulting gestures, committed a nuisance. Next morning he was ar rested. When he explained...
...observed the last Thursday in November. His own Thanksgiving bird was picked for him at the Chicago poultry show: a bronze, 40-lb. gobbler judged best turkey at the exhibition. Name: NRA Blue Eagle. ¶ On a brown paper bag, Steve Vasilakos, for 28 years proprietor of the popcorn stand in front of the White House, scribbled a statement for the Press: "Was certainly a great pleasure for me to wait on a new customer today at noon. The First Lady of the Land stored by my stand and purchased a bag of fresh roasted popcorn for pastime while...