Word: coste
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...tangible rewards. Since the opening, his dazzling, 61.2-acre carnival has taken in $48 million. Says one associate proudly: "We keep plussing things." This year's plusses: a $1,500,000 miniature Matterhorn, 146½ ft. tall, complete with bobsleds and "glacier grottoes"; eight "authentic, air-conditioned submarines" (cost: $65,000 each) to carry passengers past the lost continent of Atlantis; a graveyard of sunken ships; a miniature polar icecap; the first operable monorail system in the U.S., built at a cost of $1,300,000. The investment seems well worthwhile: in fiscal 1959, Disneyland expects some...
...parents, free on bond, appealed the case to the Washington County district court. As a last resort, they may send Tommy to a private school in St. Paul 25 miles away, but never back to public school ("It would set him back ten years"). Though their rebellion has cost them $1,000 so far, the Krals aim to establish their rights in a legal battle straight to the top. "We may have to mortgage our home," says Mary Krai. "But if it takes every penny, we will fight...
...every price level prefer one good article to two shoddy ones. Taking dead aim at achieving an "opulent look," Sondheim and other manufacturers have gone in heavily for velvet, lace, brocade and other elegant fabrics in evening and cocktail dresses, have used fur trim lavishly. The dressier clothes cost more, promising retailers both higher unit and dollar volume. Fur Pants. Another place where the luxury look shows up is in the rising popularity of elegant casual costumes. Many top fashion houses are showing jacket-and-trouser sets to be worn to cheer the tired executive after a hard...
...naturally pick the figures that best prove their case. Determined to hold fast against any wage hike, industry points out that the steelworkers' average hourly wage of $3.08 is higher than in all but a handful of U.S. industries (coal, glass, construction). According to industry statistics, postwar wage costs have risen nearly twice as fast as the cost of living. Replies the union: average earnings do not mean anything, because the majority of steelworkers have to work at incentive pace and on undesirable shifts and normal off-days to achieve that level. What really counts, says the union...
...Gillette Company of Boston has contributed an undisclosed sum of money to the Program for Harvard College, it has been learned. The contribution will be used for the cost of one of the laboratories in the new chemistry building...