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Word: presi (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Louis B. Mayer, party of the first part in many a six-figure contract, had his own option picked up by Loew's, Inc. Presi dent Nicholas M. Schenck, who signed him up to head Loew's-owned Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for a few more years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Hail & Farewell | 8/1/1949 | See Source »

...have the greatest wealth of Presidential material in more than 40 years," Weeks opined, "and every as-years," Weeks opined, "and every aspirant is a better man than the presi...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Weeks Dismisses MacArthur Hopes | 4/16/1948 | See Source »

...began to look inevitable, Leo Cherne persuaded Louis Johnson, then Assistant Secretary of War, to let him spend six weeks in the War Department digging up facts for an M-Day book, Adjusting Your Business to War. Shortly thereafter Louis Johnson went into political eclipse for three years (the Presi dent and much of the Administration seemed shocked at such a forthright indication that the U.S. might go to war). But the book added substantially to Leo Cherne's stature - and earnings. Since then his loose-leaf Business and Defense Co ordinator has been snapped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PERSONNEL: Leon & Leo | 5/17/1943 | See Source »

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