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"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.

"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.

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1943
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 10 3/8 × 11 3/8 in. (26.4 × 28.9 cm) Sheet: 10 3/8 × 11 3/8 in. (26.4 × 28.9 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.0876
[Bulbous parian pitcher with interior glaze, banded should and foot, and low relief fluting on neck and body]
[Bulbous parian pitcher with interior glaze, banded should and foot, and low relief fluting on neck and body]
United States Pottery Company
c 1847-1858
75. The Editor’s Reward. Having given us his best,/ He gets only criticism;/ Better— he should hear/ The heavenly flutes of angels.
75. The Editor’s Reward. Having given us his best,/ He gets only criticism;/ Better— he should hear/ The heavenly flutes of angels.
José Guadalupe Posada
1947
"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
"It will be so interesting to see if the New York Times gets to the South Pole."
"It will be so interesting to see if the New York Times gets to the South Pole."
Alan Dunn
1928
"If you'll just patch me up so I can get as far as White Sulphur..."
"If you'll just patch me up so I can get as far as White Sulphur..."
Mary Petty
1934
"But I had to buy something, so I could get some change for the exact-fare bus."
"But I had to buy something, so I could get some change for the exact-fare bus."
Alan Dunn
1969
"We get it in the army so do not send no more of it in cans."
"We get it in the army so do not send no more of it in cans."
Alan Dunn
1942
"...more, even, than mere emissary. Perhaps I should call this man the ambassador of good will from our western distributors of Glyco Products."
"...more, even, than mere emissary. Perhaps I should call this man the ambassador of good will from our western distributors of Glyco Products."
Alan Dunn
1928
"You can admire generally but don't admire one object especially, for then courtesy requires your host to give it to you." U.S. Army Pocket Guide to China.
"You can admire generally but don't admire one object especially, for then courtesy requires your host to give it to you." U.S. Army Pocket Guide to China.
Alan Dunn
1943
"Kuskus is to be eaten neatly with the fingers of the right hand, though it is advisable not to drink much liquid after eating it as the grain is only partly cooked and bloating will result" - U.S. Army Pocket Guide to North Africa.
"Kuskus is to be eaten neatly with the fingers of the right hand, though it is advisable not to drink much liquid after eating it as the grain is only partly cooked and bloating will result" - U.S. Army Pocket Guide to North Africa.
Alan Dunn
1943
"Don't eat fruit or vegetables unless they have been cooked or unless you have peeled them yourself." U.S. Army Pocket Guide to India"."
"Don't eat fruit or vegetables unless they have been cooked or unless you have peeled them yourself." U.S. Army Pocket Guide to India"."
Alan Dunn
1943
"If this deal goes through I wouldn't hire him as an office boy. So - he keeps his $45,000 salary and becomes a member of the board."
"If this deal goes through I wouldn't hire him as an office boy. So - he keeps his $45,000 salary and becomes a member of the board."
Alan Dunn
1954