Word: commons
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...large, blue-eyed, red-headed Anglo-Saxon. Simon Bolivar was a small, black-eyed Latin. Both were born aristocrats, able generals. Both were friends of LaFayette, both wrote voluminous political treatises which have profoundly affected the courses of their nations. Washington secretly, Bolivar openly mistrusted and despised the common people. Both often led ragged, ill-equipped armies. Washington crossed the Delaware on Christmas night, Bolivar crossed the Andes in midwinter. Washington had German drillmasters, French troops to help him. Bolivar had a foreign legion of British and Irish veterans of the Napoleonic wars under the dashing General Simon...
...leased building space in Grand Rapids, Mich. The Hall of de Vaux-Hall is Col. Elbert J. Hall, automobile and airplane engineer. Motors for the de Vaux will be supplied by Continental.* Advertising during 1931 is expected to total $1,000,000. New cars by big manufacturers are common. New cars by independents are increasingly rare. Last week motormakers praised Mr. de Vaux's enterprise, pointed out the field is crowded, he will have to pedal fast and furiously to get ahead. But he has many loyal supporters in the West; he can appeal to the desire to support...
...Doyle -"scooping the Cosmopolitan by a full month." Captain Billy is frankly worshipful toward his Whiz Bang. Wherever he travels he sends back great sheaves of ribald jokes and also, with intense pride, hist monthly editorial: "Drippings from the Fawcett." In elaborate metaphor he voices his love for the common people, liquor and the "pleasures of living"; his hate for Prohibition, reformers, censors, etc. etc. He enjoys referring to himself as "this bristle-whiskered old sodbuster." to his wife as "the henna-haired heckler." or "my weazened old Red Head." He relishes a reputation as a benevolent reprobate. His glory...
Backbone of all investment markets is institutional buying. And leaders of this are the life insurance companies, holders of many bonds, mortgages, common stocks. Cause for genuine alarm would have been a bearish attitude in last week's meeting of Association of Life Insurance Presidents. But no bearishness was discernible...
Wesley once encountered Beau Nash, professional dandy, who was foolish enough to start an argument. Nash, objecting to Wesley's sermons, admitted he had never heard one, but said he judged them by common report. Said Wesley: "Sir, I dare not judge of you by common report...