Word: roses
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...months ago Gustave Sap rose in Belgium's Parliament and pointed out that though Premier van Zeeland had tendered his resignation from the directorate of the National Bank of Belgium, the Bank still listed him as a vice governor, had not chosen a successor. Broadly he hinted that Paul van Zeeland was still accepting his $20,400 salary as a bank official, in addition to his much smaller salary as Premier of Belgium.* Furious, Premier van Zeeland swore that this was a lie, offered to open all his private accounts. Parliament believed him. Gustave Sap's own Catholic...
When the legislators rose to take the oath, stood with arms pointed downward at a 22° angle, hands open, palms down, freshman diplomats were startled to observe pistol butts sticking from the rear pockets (Sof some Congressmen, who came ready for a turbulent four-month session. Up on the speaker's stand, President Cardenas, flanked by symbols of the Army's backing...
What makes Ivan Sanderson's account of his amiable expedition heart-warming is the fact that his sympathy toward animals is as rich as his eye for observed detail is acute and his prose style is limpid. Sample: ''Above me rose the immensity of the primeval forest, filtering the golden sunlight, as it has done since the dawn of terrestrial life. In the bowels of this woody giant scampered the trembling feet of little rats, furry squirrels, countless birds, and scaly lizards...
Married. Louise Hovick (Stripper Gypsy Rose Lee); to Robert Mizzy; in Santa Ana, Calif. They had already been married at sea (TIME, Aug. 23). The second ceremony was to satisfy California...
...Francisco's London, Paris & American Bank. Simon and Alexandre Lazard, Alsatian commission merchants who started Lazard Freres in San Francisco during the gold rush, in 1884 formed the London, Paris & American Bank to handle their interests when the firm moved to New York and Paris. Young Fleishhacker rose speedily to the top, but not solely because he married the boss's daughter. Banker Fleishhacker has a cold, keen brain perfectly adapted to his job. In 1932, after various other mergers, the bank grew into the present Anglo California National Bank, fourth largest in California (total assets...