Word: splitting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...respectful admirers in both Houses. Since the Republican swing last fall, which weakened the Democratic party in local affairs* and made the Administration's majorities in Congress vulnerable to future coalitions of conservative Democrats and Republicans, John Garner is anxious not to have orders from the White House split the Democratic majorities in Congress. To avoid this, Democrats in Congress will have to provide their own leadership. If they need a leader, John Garner stood ready to lead...
...Templeton: Musical Impressions, Satires & Improvisations (Gramophone Shop, Inc., 18 East 48th Street, Manhattan: 8 sides). Blind musical Satirist Templeton's one-man caricatures of Wagnerian Opera, Lieder singing, etc., have long been featured entertainment at Rockefeller Center's swanky Rainbow-Room. Their recorded versions are guaranteed to split the solemnest concertgoer's sides...
Before approving the transaction the FPCommissioners asked Promoter Myers some questions. He said his commission was 24½% or $504,899 on the deal. After a split with Partner Nitze, and expenses, he expected to net between $70,000 and $80,000. On this basis his commission on the entire $90,000,000 purchase would be $2,250,000-which would mean a tidy net for Mr. Myers, even after deducting expenses, taxes and Mr. Nitze...
...rakeoff commissions with two real-estate agents, Thomas N. Cooke of Greenwich and Samuel H. Silberman of Stamford. On the witness stand Mr. Cooke testified that Land Agent Kemp used to tip him off as to acreage the State wanted, that Cooke then arranged for the purchases and they split commissions of $32,814.92. Mr. Silberman testified to giving Kemp another $27,865. Mr. Kemp admitted receiving as much as $21,942 from the two men but said it was a gift. Found guilty last week, he was sentenced to three-to-seven years in jail, appealed...
...Over there you roll over long sloping patters without a trace of trees," he said, "while over here you have to gangue your turns accurately, often to the split second, in order to avoid ending up sixteen feet in the woods...