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Dates: during 1950-1959
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While he lived he seemed to have little more than a Sunday-supplement existence as the world's richest "mystery man," a tag arising from his genuine passion for obscurity. Death, with an assist from two biographers, now appears to be restoring Calouste Gulbenkian to the living...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Solid Gold Scrooge | 6/23/1958 | See Source »

...Colombia's $103 million, $78 million came from the Export-Import Bank, the rest from 13 private banks. Announced purpose of the loan was "to assist in maintaining Colombia's essential imports from the U.S." Colombia is suffering from a 3,000,000-bag coffee surplus. Without the dollars the coffee could bring in, the country can hardly keep up with its current U.S. commercial debts. The choice, outlined in April by Colombian Foreign Affairs Minister Carlos Sanz de Santamaria: either the U.S. could grant a loan or Colombia would have to risk wrecking world coffee prices...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE AMERICAS: Policy in Action | 6/9/1958 | See Source »

...firm of Ropes, Gray, Best, Coolidge and Rugg will assist Church lawyers in presenting their interpretation of a provision in the State Zoning Enabling Act which prevents local communities from enacting zoning laws limiting religious and educational institutions...

Author: By John R. Adler, | Title: University Lawyers To Help Armenian Church | 5/26/1958 | See Source »

...extra-pay responsibility grades for officers and proficiency ratings for enlisted men. ¶ The Senate passed (46-36) an area redevelopment bill, sponsored by Maine's Frederick Payne and Illinois' Paul H. Douglas, that provides $375 million (compared to the $50 million President Eisenhower requested) to assist depressed communities suffering serious economic reverses and general and individual hardships because of technological changes or the departure of industry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Foreign-Aid Victory | 5/26/1958 | See Source »

Taking over the team individual scoring lead, Dub Mallonee led the attack with four goals and two assists. Jerry Pyle and Nick Lamont, now second and third in team scoring, each registered two goals and an assist. Defenseman Bob Shaunessy got an assist by setting up Mallonee's final goal forty seconds from the end of the game...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lacrosse Teams Bow to Williams | 5/15/1958 | See Source »

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