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...auld mug," Sir Thomas Lipton lovingly called it, and the merry Glasgow tea baron tried five times to win it with his majestic Shamrocks, only to fail and die, finally disheartened ("I willna challenge again. I canna...
...Bilko to Baron. That career began during his U.S. Army service in the Philippines in World War II, when he supplemented his lieutenant's pay with some off-duty wheeling and dealing that enabled him to drive a Cadillac. After discharge, Lieut. Bilko decided to stay in the Philippines, where the living was easy. He made a nest egg selling Christmas cards, soon graduated to army surplus. When import restrictions went up on U.S. cigarettes, Stonehill began growing Virginia tobacco in the hills, became the Philippines' biggest cigarette baron. His own brand: Puppies...
...Baron's Boat
...really deserves the credit for the design and the development of the hydrofoil boats built by the Rodriquez Shipyard in Messina, Italy, under a license agreement of Supramar Ltd. The indisputable merit for the invention and the design of hydrofoil boats of the "Schertel-Sachsenberg System" goes to Baron von Schertel-by the way, a grandson of the founder of the Schaefer Brewery in New York. Since World War II, all patent rights belong to Supramar Ltd., which has carried on research and development work under the technical management of Baron von Schertel...
...prove to him that I'm a woman," says furious Doris. "There are easier ways to prove it." rasps her file-voiced pal, Audrey Meadows. Back flies Doris to the love lair. The "Baron von Richthofen of the boudoir'' follows, but this time Cary finds Doris totally crocked, with her big toe stuck in the neck of an empty fifth. He gets to play a lot of gin rummy this...