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...highly-styled comedy is just the sort of thing Americans can't play and neither the weaknesses nor the uniqueness of Children of Darkness are calculated to make it easier. Unaccountably, the production at the Charles Playhouse under Michael Murray's intelligent direction is quite a creditable one. Nicholas Coster as the young poet is even more annoying than the necessities of the part demand, and somewhat less young, but he and S. Harris Young as a subsidiary scoundrel are the only melancholy exceptions...

Author: By Julius Novick, | Title: Children of Darkness | 2/1/1960 | See Source »

...began to take over directorships held by Goldman, Sachs, he learned another lesson. He was on the board of McKesson & Robbins when President F. Donald Coster defrauded the firm of millions, and killed himself. After that, Weinberg kept close tabs on every corporation for which he was a board member, built a reputation as an invaluable addition to any board. In 1946, General Electric had mapped an expansion program of several hundred million dollars, and President Charles E. Wilson was not sure how his board would react. His worries vanished when Weinberg supported the plans with hard facts and figures...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: EVERYBODY'S BROKER SIDNEY WEINBERG | 12/8/1958 | See Source »

...undefeated in four starts, plays American International College at 3 p.m. Coach John Caulfield will start Dave Masch as catcher; Frank Saia, 1b; George Harrington, 2b; Levin Kasarjian, ss; Jim Shue, 3b; Kent Hathaway, lf; Keith Coster, cf; Tony Markella, rf; and Steve Rhoades, pitcher...

Author: By Richard T. Cooper, | Title: Crimson Nine Will Oppose Huskies at 3 | 4/23/1957 | See Source »

...shrewd selling, McKesson has become the biggest U.S. wholesaler of drugs and liquors. It has come a long way since the dark days of 1938 when its president, F. Donald Coster, killed himself after stealing some $3,000,000 from the company, and forcing it into bankruptcy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: The Road Back | 9/5/1949 | See Source »

Died. George E. Dietrich, 53, one of the McKesson & Robbins drug firm officers who swindled the firm out of about $11,000,000 in the late '30s; of leukemia; in Roslyn, L.I. Assistant Treasurer Dietrich (born Musica) worked with President F. Donald Coster (real name: Philip Musica) and two other brothers in the firm in the two-year embezzlement, but ratted on his brothers in court, escaped with a 2½-year prison sentence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Dec. 8, 1947 | 12/8/1947 | See Source »

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