Word: schwab
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Both Mr. Schwab and Mr. Corey were self-assertive. Judge Gary could not persuade them that he, and he only, was the proper spokes-man for the corporation; that they must be merely administrators. There was no derogation in being administrator to the Judge...
...bright lights of all the great cities of the world go pale. . . . And I saw a country town, a country weekly, a country politician, with all the large leisure and golden opportunity for decency, comfort, usefulness and prosperity looming up before me as a career." Charles Michael Schwab (steel) visited West Point, entered the mess hall, saw the cadets were hungry, patted his pocket and said: "I have a speech here I planned to deliver but I guess I'll let you read it in the morning newsapers." The nub of the speech was that it is harder...
...luncheon was arranged in Mr. Markle's honor by the Pennsylvania Society of New York, of which Charles M. Schwab is President...
Bluff, white-haired John Markle, coal man, chewing a fat cigar, sat at a luncheon table in the Waldorf-Astoria last week, heard Charles Michael Schwab say: "John Markle, you stand for my ideal of American manhood. . . . You have always tried to appear as a roughneck sort of fellow but beneath your rugged exterior I know there is a heart of the finest gold...
...attendant implores him to write his memoirs. The girl with the most perfect measurements is just about to be appointed to fill the position when in marches a woman in an old-fashioned bathing suit that reaches to her knees. She presents documents from the Messrs. Morgan, Rockefeller, Gary, Schwab, et al., testifying that she is the most efficient stenographer in the U. S. After glancing at the recommendations, Bernarr glances at the applicant. Forthwith she is thrown out of the window...