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"It's a fortified Nuit d'Amour, guaranteed to stand up under air conditioning."
"It's a fortified Nuit d'Amour, guaranteed to stand up under air conditioning."

"It's a fortified Nuit d'Amour, guaranteed to stand up under air conditioning."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1938
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon
DimensionsObject: 10 1/8 × 10 in. (25.7 × 25.4 cm) Sheet: 10 1/8 × 10 in. (25.7 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.0636
"Now look - International has a net quick of $15 per share. Its market price is $10, book is $36.65. Our net quick is $8; our book is$22, and at market we are selling for $25. So to start with we offer them one share of ours for two of theirs. That's five bucks premium. Can they turn it down? So they turn it down. Then we say, O.K., we'll buy the assets. We'll give you $1 million for your plant, which stands at $3,900,000 net. That wipes out all the water, gives them a fine tax carry-back. Then we give them 80 per cent of net inventory and accounts receivable - that's another $4 million. Another nice tax loss for them. So we pay 'em $5 million. There's nothing complicated about this except - say, where do we get the turn-around money"
"Now look - International has a net quick of $15 per share. Its market price is $10, book is $36.65. Our net quick is $8; our book is$22, and at market we are selling for $25. So to start with we offer them one share of ours for two of theirs. That's five bucks premium. Can they turn it down? So they turn it down. Then we say, O.K., we'll buy the assets. We'll give you $1 million for your plant, which stands at $3,900,000 net. That wipes out all the water, gives them a fine tax carry-back. Then we give them 80 per cent of net inventory and accounts receivable - that's another $4 million. Another nice tax loss for them. So we pay 'em $5 million. There's nothing complicated about this except - say, where do we get the turn-around money"
Alan Dunn
1954
"There's nothing really complicated about it: if you live in a strategic-base area you come under the supervision of the World Security Council and its military staff, where as if you live in a trusteeship area you are governed by a trusteeship council which, like the economic and social council, serves under the authority of the General Assembly."
"There's nothing really complicated about it: if you live in a strategic-base area you come under the supervision of the World Security Council and its military staff, where as if you live in a trusteeship area you are governed by a trusteeship council which, like the economic and social council, serves under the authority of the General Assembly."
Alan Dunn
1945
"Frankly, it's people under thirty we're worried about."
"Frankly, it's people under thirty we're worried about."
Alan Dunn
1968
"Don't worry. It's perfectly safe if used as directed. Just don't breathe the vapor or spraymist, avoid contact with the skin, keep the mist from your eyes, do not spray near a fire or open flame, store under a hundred and twenty degrees and out of the sun's rays, keep the can out of reach of children, and do not incinerate or puncture."
"Don't worry. It's perfectly safe if used as directed. Just don't breathe the vapor or spraymist, avoid contact with the skin, keep the mist from your eyes, do not spray near a fire or open flame, store under a hundred and twenty degrees and out of the sun's rays, keep the can out of reach of children, and do not incinerate or puncture."
Alan Dunn
c 1966
"One belief is that every person is inhabited by a spirit, or ko, which goes travelling while the human body is asleep. If a man should be awakened suddenly - so the belief is- the Ko might not have time to get back into its body and would get even by going around causing trouble. So the people believe a man should be allowed to sleep until he wakes up of his own accord." U.S. Army Pocket Guide to New Caledonia.
"One belief is that every person is inhabited by a spirit, or ko, which goes travelling while the human body is asleep. If a man should be awakened suddenly - so the belief is- the Ko might not have time to get back into its body and would get even by going around causing trouble. So the people believe a man should be allowed to sleep until he wakes up of his own accord." U.S. Army Pocket Guide to New Caledonia.
Alan Dunn
1943
"It's a book on etiquette.", "You might look up what people of our position do [pub - "about spaghetti"] in case of fire."
"It's a book on etiquette.", "You might look up what people of our position do [pub - "about spaghetti"] in case of fire."
Alan Dunn
1928
"Isn't this something we don't believe in?", "It's one Hell of a mess.", "Cheer up, there's a light ahead.", "Don't they know who we are?"
"Isn't this something we don't believe in?", "It's one Hell of a mess.", "Cheer up, there's a light ahead.", "Don't they know who we are?"
Alan Dunn
1960
"A bit off the beaten what?", "I don't like the set-up.", "I think it's extragalactic."
"A bit off the beaten what?", "I don't like the set-up.", "I think it's extragalactic."
Alan Dunn
1960
"I'm sorry, but the Guaranteed Annual Wage is still at the verbal level."
"I'm sorry, but the Guaranteed Annual Wage is still at the verbal level."
Alan Dunn
c 1966
"Don't just stand there, get the pass-key! I leaned over to pick up the papers and..."
"Don't just stand there, get the pass-key! I leaned over to pick up the papers and..."
Alan Dunn
1948
"It's all scientific - I'm to give up pastry until I get well."
"It's all scientific - I'm to give up pastry until I get well."
Kindl (Alan Dunn)
1931
"And then a new eyebrow grows in to take its place. It's Nature's way of carrying on."
"And then a new eyebrow grows in to take its place. It's Nature's way of carrying on."
Alan Dunn
1933