Word: tycoons
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...solemn little boy who fought a four-year losing battle for his life; of a bladder ailment; in Cheyenne, Wyo. In 1944, newspaper readers across the land helped Nubbins celebrate Christmas six weeks early because he was not expected to live, filled his home with letters and presents (Railroad Tycoon Bill Jeffers sent a toy automobile, Harry Truman sent a book), have since closely followed his two major operations and long fight in hospitals...
Ultimate Discoveries. No longer driven by the goad of poor gentility, Millionaire Shaw is as ready as any tycoon to bemoan the woes of being wealthy. In his conversations with Neighbor Winsten, the Shavian past & present unroll like an endless, multicolored ribbon...
...Month. Yet Gotfred Hoelvold is no proud mining tycoon or high government potentate. The only official job he holds is a humble one. He is secretary to the director of the town planning commission, for which he gets paid approximately $115 a month. A mild, soft-spoken little man with rumpled clothes, he lives quietly with his wife and four children. The thing that sets him apart in Kirkenes is his connections. "I have friends," says Gotfred, "in Moscow...
...William J. "Wild Bill" Donovan); of a heart attack; in Providence, R.I. As a World War I battalion commander, Buxton persuaded Alvin C. York,* sometime conscientious objector, that a man could fight his country's enemies and still be a good Christian. In World War II, Textile Tycoon Buxton served as assistant director of the cloak & dagger O.S.S...
...Good Government. It would scotch corruption not only in New York but elsewhere. He railed at Governor Tom Dewey for not investigating Mayor Bill O'Dwyer's administration. He trotted down to City Hall with ten questions for O'Dwyer. Their substance: Is Slot Machine Tycoon Frankie Costello the real boss of New York City...