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...those who wish to broaden their knowledge on a century or so of fashion, Widener offers a number of interesting books. Among the earliest of the informative volumes is Mirror of the Graces whose author preferred to be called "A Lady of Distinction." She is a woman of many platitudes: "If beauty be a woman's weapon, it must be featured by the Graces, pointed by the eye of discretion, and shot by the hand of virtue...
This would be an extension of this year's new program by which each member of the Class of '59 had a set of bite-wing dental X-rays taken as part of his physical examination. If funds become available, Dr. Dunning would broaden the coverage to new graduate students as well and add the explorer examination...
Despite the objections, employee stock-purchase plans seem here to stay, and likely to spread. They not only help management broaden the base of company ownership, but also help establish a close relationship between management and employees. Stock-buying workers develop a greater incentive to save, a bigger interest in producing more, and a chance to get a permanent stake in U.S. capitalism...
However costly the bait, the industrial fishermen think that the catch is worth it. New payrolls broaden the tax base, raise per capita income and, in turn, attract more industry to diversify and stabilize employment. For example, in Los Angeles County, 1,576 highly diversified plants (total investment: $500 million) have opened their doors since 1945. As a result, Los Angeles has easily been able to weather such economic setbacks as the citrus slump and the sharp postwar cutbacks in the aircraft industry. In ten years, the Cleveland area has brought in more than 200,000 new jobs...
...stint in the Navy, part of it skippering an LST in the Pacific. When he got back in 1945, he went to work for General Tire in earnest. Three years before, his father had bought New England's 25-radio station Yankee Network for $1,340,000 to broaden General Tire's tax base and to advertise General Tire's products. In 1946, young Tom took over the network and quickly expanded. He pushed into TV, began broadcasting on his first station (Boston's WNAC-TV) in 1948, from there started building up General Tire...