Word: rollered
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...followed orders. In refurbishing the Jerome Hotel, he kept the water-powered elevator, run by ropes pulled by the passengers. While blonde & beautiful Mrs. Paepcke hunted Victorian furniture in Chicago, dormitories, 20 guest houses and a sundeck were built, the ski slopes were cleared, a movie house, roller rink and art gallery were constructed. Paepcke imported a chef from Switzerland, a wine expert from Chicago. Ski instructors, plumbers and mechanics trooped in. Overnight, the moribund little town became the liveliest spot in Colorado...
...Jamestown, N.Y., worked as a candy butcher on trains, then as a dress salesman. In 1918, he and his brother plunked down $1,500 in savings to lease a dilapidated building called the Hippodrome at Gloversville, N.Y. (pop: 23,329). With the Hippodrome, variously used as a theater, roller-skating rink and dance hall, he made enough money to buy Gloversville's two movie houses. Snapping up other small-town theaters by the dozen, he soon owned one of the biggest independent circuits in the U.S. His Schine Chain Theaters, Inc. now operates upwards of 150 theaters...
Unilateral. In Copenhagen, Danish authorities, trying to keep down unnecessary imports, cut the quota of British roller skates to 40 tons, got the shipment, found all skates were for the left foot...
Suppliers of roller bearings, window fasteners, floor mats, etc. were subjected to the same kind of buying he had once practiced at Montgomery Ward's. Examples...
Winged Victory. In Woodland, Calif., duck hunter Charles Roller found a pelican with a broken wing, started to set it, had to struggle to keep the bird quiet, got his head caught in its 15-inch beak...