Word: vincent
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Several changes have been made in the course, which has been in a state of constant development since it was started two years ago. S. Vincent Wilking, the new instructor in the course, has composed a textbook of reading exercises which will augment those given by means of motion picture...
Taking careful aim and with obvious satisfaction, Beverly Vincent planted a good hard right, smack! It staggered, and silenced, Martin Sweeney. Though Congressmen not infrequently threaten one another and have been known to throw bound copies of the Record* when vexed, ancient Doorkeeper Joseph Sinnot said it was the best blow he had heard in his 50 years in the House...
...From which the House voted to expunge the Sweeney-Vincent colloquy...
Divorced. William Vincent Astor, 48, Manhattan real-estate tycoon, yacht host to President Roosevelt, and socialite son of the late (Titanic) Colonel John Jacob Astor; by Helen Dinsmore Huntington Astor, 46, patroness of many a musical and philanthropic venture; in Cody, Wyo. Charging mental cruelty after 26 years of married life, Mrs. Astor testified: "Mr. Astor is intent on his business enterprises and we seldom see each other...
When Hop & crew walked the plank last winter into reorganization, A. G. & E. Corporation (which controls the $1,000,000,000 system's operating properties) and A. G. & E. Company (which used to control CORP.) became charges of New York Federal Judge Vincent Leibell, with SEC looking on. To insure impartiality, Judge Leibell appointed a separate trustee for Co., because its future (apart from its minority interest in some of CORP.'S junior bonds) depends on what it can get out of suing CORP. Objective of the suit: back in 1933, Hoppy had tried to escape...