Word: co
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...another merchant might of hardware, and selling it as enthusiastically. In 1915 he became manager of the Philadelphia Orchestra, then founded his own concert agency. Gradually he added to his domain: in 1922 he became business manager of the New York Philharmonic, and in 1927 he became a co-founder of the Columbia Broadcasting System, gleefully predicting an immense shortage of artists as radio grew...
...co-manager of the New York Philharmonic (since 1946 with Bruno Zirato, once Enrico Caruso's secretary), Judson saw the orchestra through its greatest days, when Arturo Toscanini was principal conductor (1927-36), and made virtuoso conductors into star attractions, e.g., Willem Mengelberg, Erich Kleiber, Bruno Walter. Operating on Judson's well-developed business instincts, the Philharmonic swallowed up rival orchestras (including the old New York Symphony...
...amateur championship took all the concentration he could master. Day after day of match play always turns a tournament into a mess of upsets. At Lake Forest's Knollwood Country Club last week, even the weather pitched in to ruffle the field. Scores soared on damp, blustery winds. Co-Favorite Ken Venturi, Ward's San Francisco running mate, the man who almost won the Masters, disappeared in the third round. Californian Bob Roos, the ungainly golfer who beat Venturi, lasted only one more round. Hot-handed Sunday golfers blazed for a day or two and faded. The last...
...lives (TIME, July 9), the search for a warning device to prevent such disasters in the future became a major concern of U.S. airlines. Last week the airlines finally thought they had found what they wanted. The Air Transport Association approved a collision alarm system blueprinted by Collins Radio Co. of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, a company as little known to the public as it is famed in aviation...
...COMPANIES are starting to strike it rich in uranium. Phillips Petroleum Co. has uncovered high-grade ore body with estimated 1,500,000 tons of ore on 1,280-acre lease previously shared with Holly Minerals Corp. near Grants, N. Mex., has started talks with AEC to construct processing mill...