Sentences with phrase «fruit peddler»

Zemurray started out as a fruit peddler on the docks of Mobile, Alabama, and — through that classic combination of tenacity and instinct — eventually became the head of United Fruit, one of the wealthiest and most influential companies in American history.

First Avenue, Seattle, Washington, No. 8 (James H. White)-- 1897 Romance of a Fruit Peddler (Zhang Shichuan)-- 10, 1922 Romance of the Western Chamber (Hou Tao)-- 8, 1927 The Goddess (Wu Yonggang)-- 18, 1934 Song of China (Fei Mu & Luo Mingyou)-- 25, 1935

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A key milestone in Rainer Werner Fassbinder's career, the drama follows Hans Epp (Hans Hirschmüller), a former foreign legionnaire and fruit - peddler living in 1950s West Germany, who is pushed over the edge by an uncaring society.