Word: remold
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Organized opposition is ruthlessly suppressed, but no positive effort is made to remold the tough Spanish character. Private criticism is heard everywhere; it is amazingly bold and seems to go unpunished...
...mined gold in Alaska, fought with Pancho Villa in Mexico. In 1920, he found himself in Leavenworth Prison for violating the narcotics law. There his cellmate was Herbert Huse Bigelow (in for income-tax evasion), president of B & B. Bigelow liked Ward, told him: "I'm going to remold you; you're made of good clay." When Bigelow was released eight months later, he asked Ward what job he would like with the company when he got out. "Your job, H.H.," said Ward. Replied H.H.: "All right, if you can earn...
...Yorker corridors crawled with rumors of Federal enforcement. Next month the credit men will meet again, try to remold their resolution into a practical operating code...