Word: clearing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Peru last fall, the government has been worried about the public effects of coca-chewing. In desperation, it finally renewed an old plea to the U.N. Economic and Social Council to send a commission to work on the problem. Callao's international operators speeded up their shipments to clear out big inventories. But domestic dealers were unworried. Said one: "If you're poor, you're hungry. Pichicato fixes that. If you're rich, you want an aphrodisiac. Pichicato fixes that, too. It's a sure cure for everything...
Whispered or asked in a clear unabashed voice, no question is heard more often in a modern art gallery. The answers-whether supplied by highbrow critics, crusty crusaders, or well-meaning friends of the artist-are rarely very conclusive. This week, one Manhattan gallery tried the sensible experiment of letting the artists speak for themselves. It put on a group show of 23 U.S. painters (including some of the best) and invited each of them to contribute 75 words of explanation for the exhibition catalogue...
Swimmer Ris was in Florida. At Daytona Beach's Welch Pools, he sized up his competition for the National A.A.U. zoo-yd. race with a clear water eye. His big feet gripping the tiled rim of the pool, Wally knew just how he would swim this one-in the same slow-starting style that keeps his friends' and coaches' hearts in their mouths until the last...
Angry Joe Frazer reportedly offered at that time to sell 550,000 shares of stock to the Kaisers and clear out. Last week, the board of directors settled the dispute, at least for the time being. Joe Frazer was eased upstairs into the new job of vice chairman of the board, and Edgar was made president. Out went two Frazer men: Vice President and Sales Manager W. A. MacDonald, and Vice President O. B. Hotter, public relations head...
Last summer's discovery doesn't clear up the 4,000-year old puzzle, but it has been hailed by one of the country's top corn men as an important step toward its solution...