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Other Patriarchs. To be a patriarch, one need not retire into prophetical obscurity. Jacob Gould Schurman is the patron saint of Cornell. President from...
Most absolute in his refusal was Jacob France, president of huge Mid-Continent Petroleum Corp.: "We refiners are not storekeepers," he argued. "We cannot shut down and lock-up for a day; we cannot possibly cease operations without a great loss. In the last fifteen years our fires have never been out. A refiner must keep his fires going...
Ruth v. Ruppert. After bickering all winter, Colonel Jacob Ruppert, owner of the New York Yankees, offered moonfaced, ball-slugging outfielder George Herman ("Babe") Ruth $160,000 for two years' work?his last word. Ruth's "last" word: He would not work two years for less than $170,000?he would rather retire. Next day, Colonel and slugger met in the Princess Martha Hotel in St. Petersburg, went into the Colonel's room. Ten minutes later the Colonel opened the door. "It's all settled?Ruth accepts...
...Scribe's in which Queen Anne of England, the Duchess of Marlborough and a simple heroine named Abigail Churchill vie with each other for the favors of a Captain of the Guards. The entanglements are also political. Attired in picturesque costumes designed by Jean Bilibine, painted by Jacob Anchutin and executed by P. & A. Badulin, the members of this earnest little theatre give an incredibly bad account of themselves...
COLUMBUS, DON QUIXOTE OF THE SEAS -Jacob Wassermann-Little, Brown...