Word: simon
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...that the decree could not be enforced without military action. The Socialists were opposed to fighting (the royal family was said to be against it also); but the war party, led by War Minister Willem F. Schokking, had its way. A go-ahead signal was flashed to Lieut. General Simon H. Spoor in Batavia...
...Communist-dominated European capital a newly appointed minister was interviewing two applicants for a job. Each claimed a simon-pure record in the party. "Look here," boasted Boris, "I've been to Moscow three times. I've been a party member for 26 years and I've read every word that Karl Marx ever wrote." "That's nothing," crowed Nikolai, "I was a Resistance leader. I fought in the underground. I have a signed letter from Lenin, and I've been a party member since the day I was born...
...Herzfeld's father, Karl, who built up the 48-year-old Boston Store, often over the strenuous protests of conservative old Julius Simon, the founder, who thought the store should sell only low-priced goods. Karl gave Milwaukee's thrifty burghers the widest possible assortment to choose from. Once, when Karl bought a stock of fine woolens to sell at the then unheard-of price of $15 a yard, Simon swept the goods off the counter, crying: "Do you want to ruin this store?" Later Herzfeld and his two partners, Richard Phillipson and Nat Stone, took over...
...John G. Simon '50 of Dunster House and New York City was last night elected president of the CRIMSON...
...Simon and other officers elected at a full-board meeting of the organization will take office February 7 and will serve for one year...