Word: amsterdamers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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After that, things went from better to better for Bébert. In the next three years he left town several times, only to return with news of even greater triumphs. At shooting matches in Amsterdam, Lisbon, London and Toronto, he said, he had won all sorts of prizes, spreading his talents to include not only rifles but pistols. The local girls flung themselves at his feet, and after a time, Roger married one of the richest of them and moved to the bigger town of Bernay. There the local shooting club welcomed him with open arms and were only...
...another critic: "It is as though the whole sorrow of mankind were concentrated on the old king." Whoever the king, he speaks in many languages to many willing subjects. Since the Carnegie acquired the painting 15 years ago, it has been on loan 23 times, including trips abroad to Amsterdam, Paris and Milan, has traveled in all more than 55,000 miles...
...planning to buy a fifth to make new cotton and synthetic rugs. After a $27 million loss since 1950, it expects to be back in the black by July. Last week Bigelow-Sanford Carpet Co., biggest U.S. carpet maker, was closing down its century-old carpet mill at Amsterdam, N.Y. to consolidate production at Thompson ville, Conn., put more emphasis on the new synthetic and cotton fibers. Bigelow-Sanford reported that its 1954 sales were down 7%, its profits off by a staggering 97%, to only $108,000 last year...
Technically, "the burning of bodies" is illegal in The Netherlands, but in practice it has been tolerated for years in the country's only crematorium, owned by the Association for Voluntary Cremation, at Velsen, near Amsterdam. Last week the Dutch Parliament debated a government bill legalizing cremation, with these qualifications: 1) the written request of the deceased either in his will or otherwise would be required; 2) royal permission would be necessary to establish any new crematorium; 3) any substantial local religious opposition could prohibit the building of a crematorium in a given area...
...Countries. On the Amsterdam Stock Exchange, the general stock index stood last week at 229.27, up 60 points in a year. Giant Phillips Electric was up 64%; Royal Dutch Shell was up 53%. In Belgium, prices were at their highest levels since World War II, led by such stocks as Union Minière (mining), up 80% to $945, and the holding company Société Générale...