Word: aug
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Then, in August 1952, three camping Britons-famed Food Expert Sir Jack Drummond. his wife and his ten-year-old daughter Elizabeth-were found brutally slain on the Dominici farm. The murder became a cause célébre (TIME, Aug. 18, 1952). Biochemist Sir Jack was renowned for his part in setting the nutritional minimums for Britain's wartime rations; the failure to find his killer was an international humiliation for the French police. After long and confused police investigations, Gaston Dominici was carted off to prison. Last week the mahogany-faced old peasant, now 77, stood...
TEXTILE MERGER between Textron Inc., American Woolen and Robbins Mills (TIME, Aug. 16) has finally been approved by the directors of the three companies. Textron will be the surviving company, but will change its name to Textron American Inc. American Woolen stockholders will exchange their preferred stock for Textron bonds and their common for Textron common at the rate of one share of American for two of Textron. Robbins stockholders will exchange one share of common for one share of Textron common...
...Singapore, Author-Philosopher Lin (The Importance of Living) Yutang, first chancellor of the city's abuilding $7,000,000 Nanyang University (TIME, Aug. 16), rose before some 300 women to make a speech titled "Dress Is Civilization." Cried Dr. Lin, who thinks like a Confucius but dresses like a Coolidge: "Men should dress neatly, sensibly and efficiently, but let us do away with this age-old Nordic fashion-the tie. Give us a few inches around our necks. You ladies can take off your jackets when it is too hot, and appear in your blouses...
...Waterfront. Elia Kazan's big-shouldered melodrama of dockside corruption; with Marlon Brando (TIME, Aug...
Moppets who have been watching their parents build boats, houses, planes, and almost everything else in the great do-it-yourself boom (TIME, Aug. 2), are getting a chance to join in the fun. Do-ityourself is the big trend in Christmas toys this year, and children will be able to turn out everything from clocks and racing cars to model battleships. Toymakers are so sure do-it-yourself will be a yuletide hit, that they hope for sales of $1 billion in 1954 for the first time in history...