Word: account
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Billeres backed away ("I didn't consider myself qualified"), but he had a candidate in mind: fellow Radical Socialist Maurice Bourgés-Maunoury. 42. the Defense Minister in Mollet's government. Thus, without seeming to promote a former minister who was unpopular in Socialist ranks on account of his aggressive Algerian policy, Mollet obliquely named his man. It was the signal that ambitious Bourgés-Maunoury had been waiting for. Said he, after 45 minutes with President Coty: "The nation needs a government. Being in Defense, I know...
...Western world are deeply indebted to you for your dramatic account [May 20] of Cardinal Wyszynski. It tells beautifully, in vivid realism, the story of a noble primate who is an astute statesman and diplomat as well as a great religious leader. I speak as a Protestant, in deep sympathy with the cardinal's patriotic service to his country and to all mankind as well...
...soaps. And further uses for boron are being found every day. Standard Oil Co. (Ohio) has developed a boron additive for gasoline to provide better economy and lower engine maintenance, is marketing it through Richfield Oil Corp. and Sunray Oil Corp. Though boron for gasoline this year would account for only $500,000 of all borax sales, U.S. Borax hopes to sell the boron additive directly to dealers, swell boron gas into a healthy market. Boron is also being carefully researched for use in new plastics with high-temperature melting point, in atomic energy (since they absorb neutrons, some boron...
...capita as the U.S. They started their secrecy policy in the days of the Napoleonic Wars to guard the endangered fortunes of Europe's capitalists, in 1934 wrote it into law to protect the funds of victims of Nazi and Fascist persecution. Anyone can open a secret account in a Swiss bank, get a code number for all his transactions. The secrecy code is so stringent that the Swiss tax collector himself dares not inquire about a depositor's account...
...ousted rulers as Egypt's Farouk, ex-President Jacobo Arbenz of Guatemala and Argentina's ousted Dictator Juan Perón keep fortunes in Swiss banks all presumably pilfered from public funds. But sometimes the secrecy of Swiss banks defeats itself. Many an owner of a secret account has simply disappeared, leaving his money still on deposit. Estimated amount of unclaimed funds still in Swiss banks: $30 million...