Pactolus
Americannoun
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Alan M. Harter, managing director of Pactolus Private Wealth Management, said his firm was putting together private equity deals in many industries, with one or two families leading each.
From New York Times ● Aug. 24, 2012
Not far off was the Pactolus Torrent, which once was noted for its gold-rich sands.
From Time Magazine Archive
Bacchus told him to go wash in the source of the river Pactolus and he would lose the fatal gift.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
For the Thames to him, from brim to brim, Is a sort of a private Pactolus, In whose sands of gold this Dragon bold Can roll and wallow—solus!
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 105, September 30th 1893 by Various
"I will pour the waters of Pactolus through the valley of Briarfield."
From Shirley by Brontë, Charlotte
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