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When it bought up Philadelphia's faltering Philco Corp. 4½ months ago, the Ford Motor Co. intended merely to acquire a readymade position in the electronics and aerospace industries. Last week Ford was discovering that by taking over Philco it had also bought its way into a savage...
Romains's Martian observes everything with an innocent eye. Earth's landscape is scarred by "agglomerations" and "filaments" called cities and roads; its inhabitants "walk about in flexible, artificial envelopes called clothing." But soon he is dealing with the more interesting question of earth's society. "Morality...
Since the day that West Berlin authorities appropriated $10,500 from the municipal lottery funds to buy it last spring, the small painting by Paul Klee had firmly established itself in the affections of Berliners. Klee has become one of the most sought-after of all European modernists, and this...
Into London's Anglican Church of St. Vedast last week filed a rare body of worshipers-150 executives and employees of Courtaulds Ltd., Britain's biggest textile manufacturer, to offer corporate thanks for their "deliverance from anxiety." The cause of their rejoicing: the failure of giant Imperial Chemical...
in February, Hayes introduced a empowering the City Manager "to proceedings to acquire the Yards from the MTA under the Renewal Act." Hayes declared was acting "to prevent Harvard all the land for education-." Several members of the questioned the legality of Hayes' when it was introduced.