Word: riche
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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American was a mystery to the student representative of 16 European nations before the Salzburg Seminar swept away many misunderstandings, said British Peter Mason, who attended the seminar last summer. "The rich tourists and the movies were the only indicators of the nature of the United States," he explained. "About the only news of America we got in the press" was the elections...
Died. George Francis Johnson, 91, co-founder and chairman of the board of the vast Endicott Johnson (shoe) Corp.; in Endicott, N.Y. An ex-shoemaker's apprentice who made good, Johnson spent most of his fortune on the welfare of his workers (his slogan: "a man who dies rich dies disgraced...
...would like to serve God but is forced to serve Mammon, to the student (Lois Wheeler) who lacks the courage to admit she is Jewish, people are harassed and torn two ways. All this (and kleptomania too) catches the eye of a bullying, power-hungry student (Doe Avedon), a rich trustee's daughter who, when she cannot command, can only conspire. Like the brat in The Children's Hour, she twists and messes up lives, but in this case things get straightened out before...
...dear God, please bless the Pennsylvania Railroad, the Girard Trust Co., and the Republican Party." Thus, says Author Struthers Burt, the children of Philadelphia's rich once closed their bedtime prayers. Ever since ex-Mayor Benjamin W. Richards helped found the Girard in 1835 (naming it after Philanthropist Stephen Girard), the bank has been one of Philadelphia's strongest pillars of good business and decorum. It was the first trust company in its district to join the Federal Reserve System; it thought it should, "from the standpoint of patriotism." In its vaults lie the securities that make...
...Smith has been on Girard's board since 1938, and was tagged for his new job 18 months ago. He hopes to keep Girard growing (in the last ten years its assets almost doubled to $235 million), and to dispel the notion that it caters only to the rich. Actually, Girard has hundreds of accounts of $300 and less...