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In 23 years, Kitchen King Keating has bought out or organized 16 smaller companies and founded a big subsidiary in Britain. Last week he announced another buy. For $1,254,000, said he, Ekco will acquire the Republic Stamping & Enameling Co. of Canton, Ohio, manufacturer of enameled pots & pans and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORPORATIONS: King of the Kitchen | 5/19/1952 | See Source »

Dehydration of animal life has long intrigued scientists. As early as 1776, an Italian, Abbe Spallanzani dried out microscopic rotifera and tardigrada, then brought them to life with water. But Spallanzani worried about the souls of his tiny experimental animals. Were they reborn or did entirely new souls develop after...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Deep-Freeze | 4/28/1952 | See Source »

According to Keyes D. Metcalf, Librarian of Harvard College, "Although the College has not actively sought to acquire a collection of erotica, such a collection has just grown. Part of it, some especially rare books, is kept in Houghton Library. But the books that we have now in Widener are...

Author: By Ronald P. Kriss, | Title: Widener 'Inferno' Guards Choice Collection of Erotica, Miscellany | 4/25/1952 | See Source »

The greatest problem concerns control of the new stations. Until two hundred new channels suddenly appeared, networks, newspapers, and other television-minded groups have been thoroughly frustrated by an FCC freeze on TV station licenses. Despite an ever-expanding market, these organizations have not been able to acquire new channels...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Now or Never | 3/18/1952 | See Source »

Under the Dome. Peoples was part owner of a pipeline from Texas. Oates's first move was to acquire it outright for more than $42 million, thus got control of a second pipeline under construction. Gates then formed another pipeline subsidiary with $120 million capital, and last year started...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OIL & GAS: For Peoples' People | 12/17/1951 | See Source »

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