Word: demeanor
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Stanley was formed by J. P. Morgan to take over its underwriting business, and leading Morgan partners have had a financial incentive to get business for it. Final question was whether United Corp., which J. P. Morgan put together in 1929, is subject to Morgan political control. Describing the demeanor of United's George Howard toward Morgan's George Whitney as one of "courteous fealty," SEC decided there was control. It added that Morgan, Stanley had, since its formation in 1935, obtained substantially all bond underwriting done by all the companies in the United system; and that...
...erect carriage. His walk was peculiar: legs stiff, knees high, feet thrown toward the outside and brought down hard on each heel-a modified civilian goose step. He usually wore high brown shoes of English make, white shirts with starched bosoms and cuffs. His voice (deep, resonant, deliberate) and demeanor were those of a parson...
...waiters of suaver demeanor...
...luxurious parlor car to the Führer's austere private coach. At 11 a.m. Signor Mussolini, who had been reviewing a regiment of 6-foot Sicilians, walked to Herr Hitler's car and welcomed his ally to Italy. The fat little Italian's demeanor was gay. The Austrian looked preoccupied...
...vigilante group which wanted to smash the picket line and open the plant, rode out the protests, saw the strike settled two weeks later. As an active head of the Free Press he plans to nurse it gently from a rock-ribbed, standpat Republicanism to a more Independent demeanor, for he likes to be free to jump in any political direction, favors the Third Term in a mild...