Word: cars
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Ruling that the relevant "line of commerce" was "automobile finishes and fabrics," the court noted that, in 1947, G.M. bought 68% of its car enamels and other finishes from Du Pont, and 38.5% of its fabrics. To show that Du Pont had at least tried to influence G.M.'s buying policies, the court cited letters and memos written by Du Pont officers (none later than 1926). Item: Treasurer Raskob's 1917 report, arguing that purchase of G.M. stock "will undoubtedly secure for us" the entire G.M. market for paints, artificial leather and other Du Pont products. Concluded...
...dignity bit failed to impress the Finns any more than the jollity bit had impressed the British (TIME. April 30, 1956). The crowds that gathered to watch the comings and goings of the Soviet leaders were small and unsmiling. When Khrushchev, riding through Helsinki in an open car, waved to the sidewalk throngs, nol one hand waved in reply, and many a back was pointedly turned. By the end of their first day in Finland, the Russians were so inured to being ignored that when at last a dozen Finns applauded, both Bulganin and Khrushchev swiveled around...
Defense Minister Franz Josef Strauss, who was on his way to his own wedding at nearby Rott-am-Inn when he heard the news on the car radio, rushed to the scene, suspended the battalion and company commanders from duty, appointed a special commission to investigate the case. Then he went on to his wedding (but canceled the parade scheduled in his honor). Chancellor Adenauer expressed his condolences to the dead soldiers' families, and the Bavarian state assembly convened a special session to express its regrets...
...Nationalist Chinese capital of Taipei on Formosa. Kishi was met by a crowd of more than 600, whisked off from the airport in a 15-car motorcade to the official guest house, which housed the Japanese Governors-General in Japan's prewar days as ruler of Formosa. Kishi presented Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek with two embroidered silk comforter covers (a standard Japanese wedding gift), received in turn from the Gimo two grass bed mats and a decorative ship model fashioned from pale pink seashells. The old enemies got along quite well...
...back over the past, he says: "What they call la belle epoque was the most hostile and hardest time that ever existed. They are always talking of the good old days. But in those days painters were starving. Nowadays a painter with a bit of talent is driving a car-and he deserves...