Word: asphaltic
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Career. The storm calmed after one of the most famed U.S. Jewish families, the Guggenheims, hired him to boss their floundering, money-losing Barber Asphalt Corp. Rieber sold off its uneconomic properties (including Trinidad's asphalt lake), explored other properties for oil, bought tankers, built the present Barber Oil Corp. Barber stock, which sold for $6-$7 a share when he took over, now sells for the equivalent of $113.50 (counting a split). On $12.1 million sales last year, Rieber's managerial sorcery netted $3,200,000 profits after taxes...
Paper Snow Fence. Chicago's Sisalkraft Co. offered a snow fence made of paper instead of wood lath. Made of 12-in.-wide strips of two-ply asphalt-treated paper attached to steel posts, the fence withstands sleet and rainstorms and high winds, costs about the same as conventional wood-slat fencing. Main advantage: a two-thirds saving in installation and maintenance expense...
...minutes two men bolt the frames together, throw up the walls and hoist the roof in place. Insulating material, then three coats of stucco are put on the walls, while other crews put in wiring and plumbing; before leaving, the workmen lay bathroom and kitchen tiling and an asphalt driveway. Though there is nothing inside but bare studding, the house is ready for the buyer. It is up to him to finish it off with the kit of materials Nelson provides-everything from precut wallboard to paint brushes and hardware. A man & wife can finish the house in about three...
...sent to an orphanage, she married a young aircraft worker. The marriage lasted ten months and then Marilyn set out to conquer Hollywood. She studied stenography, got by as a part-time model and a movie bit player. Director John Huston let her play a small part in The Asphalt Jungle. When Fox Production Boss Darryl Zanuck saw her scenes he cried: "That's the girl we let go! Get her back...
...electrical outlets for the gadget-loving Americans, 13-15 Mokhovaya also has its advantages-it is only a mile from the Ambassador's residence (a pre-revolutionary palace called Spaso House), and has a window on the Kremlin, across a couple of acres of police-guarded asphalt...