Word: ben
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...open-hearth laborer in 1919 at the old Trumbull Steel Co., where he worked up to assistant general sales manager. Later, he held vice-presidencies with Inland Steel Co., U.S. Steel Corp., Portsmouth Steel Corp., Detroit Steel Corp. Adams caught the fancy of Jones & Laughlin's Chairman Ben Moreell, who remains chief executive officer, by his $115 million Pittsburgh Steel rebuilding program, which is expected to increase sales from $118 million in 1950 to an estimated $225 million this year. ¶ Allison R. (for Ripley) Maxwell Jr., 42, Pittsburgh Steel's sales vice president, stepped into the shoes...
Even in a country that is forced to dream Zarchin had trouble peddling his plan. After arriving in Palestine in 1947, the pale little man patiently trotted from ministry to ministry, haunting anterooms and grabbing coat sleeves. Desperately he fired off letters to Premier Ben-Gurion that were answered by an evasive secretary. "No one knew me," recalls Zarchin He was referred to as a "nudnik" (pedantic fusspot). "There were lots of cranks in Israel, and everyone thought...
When Zarchin finally got through to Ben-Gurion, he found an eager supporter. After Israeli engineers had sniffed at his scheme, Zarchin herded them to a nearby ice factory, froze and melted some sea water, and passed it around. The engineers took one sip, then let loose a delighted whoop...
Dangerous Import. When the rabbis refused to give way, Premier Ben-Gurion stepped in, told Jerusalem's Mayor Gershon Agron to see that Glueck's plans were approved immediately. Last week the Orthodox bowed to the inevitable, granted Glueck his building permit...
Married. Francis X. (for,Xavier) Bushman, 73, great lover of silent films (Ben Hur, Graustark), who made' $6,000,000 in his heyday (1911-18); and Mrs. Iva Millicent Richardson, 53; he for the fourth time, she for the third; in Las Vegas...