Word: buildings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...surface, at least, this was a signal honor and there was no practical way to refuse. Saadi quit as senator, was easily elected governor, then settled down to build his personal following in remote Catamarca. Presently he learned that Catamarca was perhaps not quite remote enough. From the capital came private word that President Perón was being urged to oust him on charges of graft and mismanagement...
Experts called it the biggest atomic news since the end of World War II. The Atomic Energy Commission revealed last week that it is now considered practical to build a nuclear reactor which will "breed" more atomic fuel than it consumes...
When the Puerto Rico Industrial Development Co. decided to build the Caribe, it sent out letters to seven U.S. hotel owners asking them if they were interested in coming to Puerto Rico. Only Connie Hilton had the graciousness to start off his reply in Spanish: "Mi estimado amigo." His esteemed friends in Puerto Rico were so overwhelmed by this friendly tone-and by the Hilton name-that they decided to build the $6,500,000 hotel for Connie Hilton. The deal is a friendly...
...lock, stock and history, Hilton teamed up with Builder Henry Crown (TIME, Nov. 28) and signed the biggest check of his career-$7,500,000-as a down payment. For a total of $19,385,000 he picked up a hotel that had cost $25,800,000 to build on land worth $10,000,000. He thought that it was even a better bargain than the Stevens...
...some Dallas property he owned. Then he used the leased land as collateral for a $500,000 bank loan. Hilton put up $100,000 of his own money, and raised $200,000 from friends. He needed another $150,000, and he borrowed it from the contractor who was to build the hotel. Then he ran out of money and his troubles began. When a secretary mistakenly mailed a $50,000 check to pay a plumber's bill, Hilton dashed to a friend who knew the postmaster to get the check back before it was delivered. Without being asked...