Word: agent
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Reichsbank). In the first place Germany does not want a Frenchman managing the B. I. S.; in the second place German financiers particularly mistrust a "young man," have often muttered objections against the youth of Seymour Parker Gilbert, 37, protégé of Owen D. Young as agent general of reparations...
...into the chairman's place, Mr. McGarrah cleared his throat and, with a trace of Scotch burr, sonorously announced as the first item of business that his alternate and technical advisor will be Mr. Leon Fraser, the "continuing expert" who was chief U. S. legal advisor to young Agent General Seymour Parker Gilbert. Aside from the routine of getting settled at Basle last week, the B. I. S. did no business-though an optimistic Swiss walked in, laid down a pre-War German banknote for 1,000,000 marks (worthless today) and asked for change, was courteously ushered...
Author Maugham has written 18 novels, books of short stories, 24 plays. Some of them: Ashenden, or the British Agent, The Casuarina Tree, The Moon and Sixpence, Mrs, Craddock, Of Human Bondage, On a Chinese Screen, The Trembling of a Leaf; (plays) The Circle, East of Suez, The Letter, The Sacred Flame, Rain...
...most interesting phase of research revolves around the enforcement of this law. Who has seen a dry agent? The question is rhetorical; and yet, like the proverbial purple cow, most would rather see than be one. Yesterday, a youth in the back of the classroom, the New York Fraternity Club by name, waved a hand and snapped fingers for attention. According to reputable New York papers, his atmosphere is refined, suave, exclusive. His story was unique: dry agents disguised as college students had invaded his privacy, and while he was blissfully dining, had graciously, quietly removed his choicest liquors...
...guests include W. C. Lane '81, librarian, emeritus, who will speak on his own experiences as librarian. Other speakers include E. A. Whitney '17, assistant professor of History, who is to be master of the House unit that will be made of Smith Halls. D. W. Balley '21, publications agent of the University will also speak. Undergraduate speakers will be John Cross 2nd, '30, secretary of the Senior Class, and W. B. Wood...