Word: wall
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...black cigar between his teeth, nipped out the tails of his cutaway and sat firmly down at the black oval table in the centre of the President's room just off the Senate lobby. He was still President of the U..S. with work to do. An enormous wall mirror reflected the drawn tired lines in his face as he hunched over a stack of bills laid before him. William McKinley (in bronze) glowered out of a corner. Down through the heavy tracery of a chandelier "The Eye of God'' painted on the ceiling was fixed upon...
...French have done for Adolf. Blinded by fear and the insane desire for revenge to the inevitable consequences of their actions, they have driven Germany to a more or less reluctant Fascism. They have failed to grasp the rather elementary truth that beating a man's head against the wall does not always result in peaceful submission. Having humiliated and impoverished Germany they are now "surprised" that a nationalistic, reactionary party has come to the fore...
...Russia's Kerensky and James Alexander Stillman, who had inherited a large share of the bank's stock but who was overwhelmed by personal scandal soon after assuming the presidency. Charlie Mitchell almost immediately restored the bank's morale and soon made it the best in Wall Street. A man's man, strong and courageous, his record was clear ever since that day when, a junior at Amherst, he learned that his father's business had failed and he must make his own way. And with all this, the directors (most famed of whom were...
...Editor Shively's point: "As everyone knows, the modern banker is not the mere money lender and interest snatcher of days gone by. The Wall Street bank, in particular, is as much an industrial institution as it is a bank ... a vast social enterprise as well. . . . National City must have at its head a man who thoroughly understands industrial problems...
After his Manhattan silk house went to the wall in the panic of 1837, Lewis Tappan, casting around for a new deal, hit on the idea of selling his knowledge of other people's businesses. His Mercantile Agency grew into the largest credit rating firm in the world. Before the Civil War it was acquired by R. G. Dun who changed the official name to R. G. Dun & Co., The Mercantile Agency. He developed the art of dispassionate snooping & prying during the next 40 years until today R. G. Dara & Co. has nearly 200 offices...