The two lived together intermittently in 1926 and 1927, Gilbert helping Garbo not only with her acting also teaching her how to behave like a star and barter with studio bosses. Garbo later admitted that she was in love with Gilbert, but preferred to remain single because she “always wanted...
Barter (direct exchange) can present serious logistical problems in the fulfillment of economic wants. If Crusoe has berries he would like to trade for fish from Smith, he may find that Smith has no interest in berries at any reasonable price — and Smith is far more interested in obtaining...
•NC-07: Republican Ilario Pantano, who came fairly close to beating Rep. Mike McIntyre last year despite some, um, glaring problems on his resume (y’know, like that murder charge and that working for Goldman Sachs), confirms he’s back for another try. The real question here is what...
Denver-based Vitale & Associates, for unpaid bills. The pollster’s attorney said Lowden is “probably driving around in her Bentley with a load of chickens in the back as barter to settle
I would guessDorothy Parkerwould have some problems with this ad, featuring society women shilling for nail polish… …the folks at Packard went with an ad that showed the ideal customer (seated in a library, clad in smoking jacket), contemplating one of their recent ads (the same one that...
Michael: I’ll have a roundabout way of answering your question. As it happens, I began earlier today dealing with some translation problems. One of the most important books on the origins of money and its social effects was written in 1898 by a German anthropologist, Heinrich Schu...
Mr. Jones of Washington. The bill removes the principal cause of complaint with reference to the exercise of power by the Secretary of Commerce... . Within the two reservations [of restricted fishing areas] that were created by Executive Order a year or two ago the Secretary of Commerce has...
1.A method comprising:retrieving, by a computer-based system for statefully transitioning a user between a source channel and a destination channel, data associated with the user based upon a user identifier, and in response to the user entering the destination channel that is different from the...
but she balked at his frequent proposals. The two lived together intermittently in 1926 and 1927, Gilbert helping Garbo not only with her acting also teaching her how to behave like a star and barter with studio bosses. Garbo later admitted that she was in love with Gilbert, but preferred ...
•VA-09: Republican state House majority leader Morgan Griffith seems to be moving ahead with a challenge to long-time Rep. Rick Boucher in the 9th, an Appalachian district that’s sliding away from the Democrats. While the district’s trend has to hearten Griffith, he has two problems: ...