Word: yorke
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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After several similar incidents my uncle fired Trotsky. Some time later when Trotsky had risen from pants pressing to dictatorship, my uncle recognized him, both by the name and by his pictures. The story may be verified by Mr. Brotsky, who is now in the oil business in New York. Although we are now disappointed that my uncle had to fire Trotsky, we were glad to see that in his picture on the cover of TIME he looked as though he would make a good tailor...
...said unhappy Robert Allan Pinkerton, 33, a slender Harvardman who quit his New York Stock Exchange seat to take over the family business only year and a half...
Looking over their notebooks, American fashion scouts had to admit last week that after nearly ten years the most important designer in Paris remains Elsa Schiaparelli, Italian-born daughter of a onetime Dean of the University of Rome and long-time resident in New York's Greenwich Village. Because he designs all the clothes for the Duchess of Kent as well as Mrs. Ernest Simpson's sport outfits, the next most important designer of 1937 is thoroughly British Captain Edward Henry Molyneux. Though Designer Molyneux looks, talks and acts like a dressmaker, he fought straight through the World...
...English Christmas and New Year holidays. In London foreign policy was thus in full charge of Sir Robert Gilbert Vansittart, a leading figure last year in "The Deal" which sealed the fate of Haile Selassie (TIME, Oct. 14, 1935 et seq.). Last week such veteran correspondents as the New York Times P. J. Philip scarcely veiled their overwhelming hunch that the French, Italian and German Ambassadors and Sir Robert were sealing the fate of Valencia. Headlined the Times: POWERS WILL DROP NEUTRALITY POLICY TO LET FRANCO...
Last summer the Convocation of York did so. Month ago the Convocation of Canterbury followed suit. Before these steps can result in any kind of fellowship, before Anglicans and Orthodox can decide upon what they jointly believe, similar negotiations must be opened with the Orthodox churches of Russia, Greece, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria...