Word: amadeo
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...became definitely established that on Jan. 1 Elisha Walker, bankless banker, will become a partner of Kuhn, Loeb & Co. Mr. Walker served for many years as president of Blair & Co., and when in 1929 that company was acquired by Transamerica Corp, he was chosen to succeed Amadeo Peter Giannini. His policies angered Mr. Giannini, brought him back from retirement, led to one of Wall Street's greatest proxy fights which Giannini won with 63% of the shares. It was also established last week that Jerome J. Hanauer, a Kuhn, Loeber since 1890, partner since 1912, will resign at the year...
...work with. He also convinced them that they should work with each other to the extent of merging. They did and Mr. Armsby went with them. When Blair & Co., Inc. was bought by Transamerica, Mr. Armsby found himself working for his longtime California friend and oldtime fellow fruiterer, Amadeo Peter Giannini. When Elisha Walker, then chairman of Bancamerica-Blair, and Mr. Giannini began to disagree, Mr. Armsby took no sides, respecting his friendship with each...
...hundred of the 250,000 stock-holders of Transamerica Corp. went to Wilmington last week for the annual meeting, determined to support Amadeo Peter Giannini in his attempt to oust Elisha Walker's management (TIME, Feb. 15). Much sooner than was expected the 200 stockholders heard what they wanted, yelled and cheered. For their votes and other votes gave founder Giannini 15,371,578 votes...
...works by lesser personalities: I may mention as worthy of the visitor's attention two characteristic marbles by Donatello's follower Antonio Rossellino, an idealized St. Sebastian by Civitali, three typical terra-cottas by della Robbia, and, among the North Italians, the sharply outlined profiles of the Storzas by Amadeo, and Riccio's Entombment with the figures clad in classical garments...
...fight began as a conflict of personalities. There was less reason for Amadeo Peter Giannini and Elisha Wralker to get along than there was for them to differ. If you like and respect Elisha Walker, who is always neatly dressed and who was born to society and Wall Street, who gives an impression of careful, methodical methods, you may distrust the attitudes of Mr. Giannini. If you like "A. P.," a big blustery fellow who does not give a hang how his clothes hang, who has known manual labor, who gives a jovial shout when he sees you coming down...