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Word: scalpers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...time. Each morning he goes to the nearly-completed Empire State (world's tallest) Building of which he is president & director; each afternoon to the County Trust Co. of New York of which he is board chairman. He also serves the League of New York Theatres (anti-scalper) as "people's representative," and the Emergency Employment Committee. Last fortnight he visited his friend Vincent Astor in New York Hospital, last week danced at Governor Roosevelt's re-inauguration in Albany...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Sunday Stuff | 1/12/1931 | See Source »

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