Word: riche
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...subtle opportunist, who exercised his commercial virtuosity to get rich; who "is the only man since Roosevelt to understand the use of calculated indiscretion" in compassing political ends (cf. his purposeful reading of books on crowd psychology, his studied profanity); who last year tandem-hitched the McNary-Haugen farm-relief bill and the McFadden branch-banking and drove them through the Senate with consummate smartness...
...Stair is unique as an important publisher. Other publishers of his rank have sedulously avoided open relations with other business enterprises. William Randolph Hearst, for all his wealth, is publicly a director only in Cosmopolitan Finance Co., and the International Film Service Co. His Arthur Brisbane, who is rich in real estate and touts great corporations in his syndicated editorials, is known to be director of no company. Roy Wilson Howard tends closely to his newspaper and affiliated enterprises. So also Conde-Nast, Cyrus Hermann Kotzschmar Curtis and the Booths (George G. and Ralph Harman) of Detroit, and Adolph Ochs...
Lane Bryant, dressmaker made rich by the stout women she has dressed stylishly, addresses her customers intimately: "On most subjects I prefer to speak modestly, for there is so much in life that is yet to be learned, so much that is yet to be done...
...Lindbergh on purpose. Col. Lindbergh made no comment. Next day, flying Mr. Bixby and another of the singers back to St. Louis, the Lindbergh plane dived, climbed, dived, climbed, dived, all morning. Mr. Bixby is a good air sailor but the other singer, Harry Knight, became "a rich green" with airsickness. Then Col. Lindbergh turned around and said: "Now sing 'Lucky Lindy...
Henry Belin du Pont, rich & ardent young assistant treasurer of the E. I. du Pont de Nemours Co. at Wilmington, Del., in April became engaged to Margaret Wilson Lewis at San Antonio, Texas. Separating them are 1,600 air miles. So last week Mr. du Pont had delivered to him a $12,000 Bellanca plane, wherewith to fly to his sweetheart each weekend...