Word: coste
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Paris, Cushing & Co. had made personal contact with 42 of the 62 delegates. The three Americans hung out unobtrusively in cocktail bars frequented by delegates, never pushed themselves, but were always available. Cushing had ordered a huge (7 ft. by 12 ft.) relief model of Squaw Valley at a cost of $2,800, had it shipped to Paris for $3,000. The monster proved so big it would not fit through the door of the I.O.C. exhibit room, but after lodging was found for it down the street, delegates went out of their way to go see it, thereby giving...
...Walton earned a Nobel Prize for pioneer work in splitting lithium atoms. Behind Sir Winston and Sir John in the project are many of Britain's industrial leaders, who have given most of the $8,000,000 already collected toward the $11 million the college is expected to cost. (U.S. firms have also made contributions, and Sir Winston has given...
...December soared 62% over the year-ago level. One of the biggest manufacturers, Cleveland's Warner & Swasey Co., said its new orders are running 150% above the first-half 1958 clip. The construction contractors who build the industrial plants also noted a brisk rise in requests for cost estimates on new jobs...
...million in unfilled orders, reported that a fat fourth quarter pushed 1958 earnings to $3.08 per share and a new record, 95% better than last year. Westinghouse. whose sales declined 5.6% largely because of the slump in appliances, had a better-than-good year: by working hard on a cost-control program, it managed to boost earnings to $4.25 per share v. $4.18 last year...
GOLD BAR TRADING is starting on the Toronto Stock Exchange, will plug Canadian gold, meet investors' growing demands for a hedge against possible U.S. dollar devaluation, i.e., by revaluing gold upward. Bars, weighing about 2.2 Ibs., cost around $1,100, but margin buyers need put up only...