Word: convert
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Church denied her its rites. At 81, Novelist Colette-whose books were far from other-worldly-had been twice divorced, was long out of communion with the church. Last week, in the weekly Figaro Littéraire, British Novelist Graham (The End of the Affair) Greene, a Roman Catholic convert, took Paris' Cardinal Archbishop Feltin to task for his decision. Wrote Greene...
With the stamina of six-day bicycle racers, Harvey Du Cros and his sons set out to convert the British Isles, then the Continent, them the U.S. They built new factories in France, Germany, and Canada ; in seven "years the company was reorganized with $24 million capital, and John Dunlop sold his interest...
...Apparently somebody forgot to square 5,280 in figuring how many square feet there are in a square mile. Fall into that trap, and you convert 500 million feet² to an area the size of Oregon...
...actuarial life expectancy at the time payments begin, will be permanently taxfree. Under the old rule, the yearly payment was taxable up to 3% of the total cost, and when the annuitant had recovered the cost taxfree, the entire payment became taxable. Persons already receiving annuity payments may convert to the new formula, but in computing the exemption, they will have to deduct from the original cost the amount already recovered taxfree. Another change helps the taxpayer who receives a lump-sum payment under an annuity contract: he can compute his tax as if the sum had been paid...
NIKE MISSILE production is being stepped up fast. The Army has just signed a contract with Douglas Aircraft and Western Electric to convert a 76-acre Quartermaster Corps depot in Charlotte, N.C. into a missile factory employing 1,500 men. First production: early...