Word: aaron
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Aaron Burr founded it by ruse in 1799. The older Bank of New York & Trust Co., was founded 1784 by Alexander Hamilton, whom Burr later killed in a duel...
...takes guts and it takes loyalty to build a cooperative organization." Thus spake Aaron Sapiro, last week, to Star Reporter Peter Vischer of Exhibitors Herald & Moving Picture World. Father of many a cooperative, bitter enemy of Henry Ford, Mr. Sapiro's latest venture has been the Independent Motion Pictures Exhibitors Association, of which the purpose is to permit the owners of small cinemansions to wield a more potent influence upon the large and exclusive companies which make cinemas...
...supposed that, if they banded themselves together, Mr. Sapiro would be able to champion their interests and thwart the all too often oppressive business tactics of the great producer-distributor-exhibitor companies, as Paramount-Famous-Lasky, Fox, Loew.-Unfortunately, looking at the membership of his new cooperative, last week, Aaron Sapiro found neither guts nor loyalty. Accordingly he said: "This is a beaten organization today." He explained...
...respected men who were sent to the State capitals, where each man voted for two national candidates without indicating which candidate he wanted for President, which for Vice President. The election of 1800 was thrown into the House of Representatives because no candidate had a majority of electoral votes. Aaron Burr managed to delay the election of Thomas Jefferson to the Presidency, in the House, because, though it had been agreed that Burr was the Vice Presidential candidate, no distinction was provided for in the balloting. The 12th Amendment, passed in 1803, ratified in 1804, required the members...
...first time in his life to do three things at Hollywood this week, and he must do each with éclat. The Hollywood crowd, although it pays only 25? a seat, is exigent. The last week in July they jeered and cat-called at soloist Aaron Copland because they did not like his Jazz Concerto. That must not happen to Percy Aldridge Grainger...