Word: account
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...dinner in London with a group of 19 British Laborites, some of whom he himself had entertained in Moscow, Georgy Malenkov impressed the brethren with his skill and confidence under a barrage of questions. Laborite R. H. ("Dick") Crossman gave an account of the interview to reporters next day, later dutifully repudiated it in the face of official Russian protests. "He told us," Grossman said, " 'We have effectively prevented a repetition of the dictatorship of Stalin.' Asked in detail how that was done, he did not answer except by saying, 'We have done it.' " Did Malenkov...
...this semibiographical account of how, with his father and uncle, Sammy reached the big time, he loses a certain edge from the show's brassy diffuseness, a certain authority from its lack of focus. He would very likely come off best on Broadway in the main slot of a revue. In any case, he is not well served in this jerry-built gag show, Broadway's latest example of burning down a house to roast...
Businessmen will probably soon have to take into account a new cost factor: an increase in the price of steel. The increase will be based on 1) inevitable wage boosts and 2) the need for cash for expansion. Last week Ernest Tenner Weir, chairman of National Steel, fifth biggest producer, touched off the campaign for higher prices...
...immunity and identified The Organization as a small group of purchasing agents for the U.S. armed forces who handed out fat Government contracts in return for personal kickbacks of 1% to 5%. All told, McLane said, he paid The Organization some $235,000 by depositing money to an account in Zurich's Credit Suisse. Out of twelve PX officials McLane named, only one, Charles E. Wilson, was tried. He was convicted, fined $5,000 and sentenced to six months in jail...
...richly expresses the sham in the shamrock, Actress Charisse has plenty to be aloof from. He grabs her hand in a casino, holds it for good luck -and wins three times in a row. This, of course, is the start of a love affair as well as a bank account. However, the grimly spontaneous kissing sometimes makes way for some fairly fresh kidding (when the lovers hold hands, a thousand hens lay all at once, and oil explodes from a dry well) and for a few high-class variety numbers. Lena Home and Cara Williams provide the best of these...