Word: processes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...undistinguished process-server was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor last week. That was the last straw for the distinguished-looking old gentleman who cuts off French heads with his efficient and well-kept pair of guillotines-a light, folding model for the provinces and for Paris a heavy, ancestral antique. This official, famed Anatole ("Papa") Deibler, has been waiting impatiently for his Legion of Honor ribbon. After receiving it he will retire and leave to his son-in-law the family business of executing criminals. Last week enraged "Papa" Deibler let it be known that...
...seven generations the Hidalgos have been encausticists. Several Catholic churches in Mexico own today wax figures molded by Luis Hidalgo's great-great-grandfather. Luis Hidalgo uses no molds, carves directly in blocks of beeswax without any preliminary studies, guards a secret process that enables the figures, once carved, to resist a heat of 110° Fahrenheit without melting. All that he will say about it is that it is a mixture of four acids...
...credit goes a greater responsibility for U. S. economic life than any single body has ever had before in U. S. history. Today the U. S. has a managed currency. With the advice and consent of the Administration, the Reserve Board is the manager. And in the management process a tremendous potential momentum toward Inflation has been built up. If this force is not properly braked, most disinterested observers agree that the U. S. may go on a reckless ride which would make the boom of the 1920's seem like a harmless trolley trip. Indeed, there is some...
Wrestling with due process...
...duties of the candidate, and the members of the Board, are so interesting that the idea of "work" seemingly disappears. A process of absorption sets in. One learns without being aware of it. And often in the end one finds himself the possessor of executive ability, or the like, which proves to be an invaluable asset in future life...