Word: coverer
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Waco never quite forgot its prairie Voltaire. The grass had hardly begun to cover his grave when a figure stole into Oakwood Cemetery and fired a gun point-blank at Brann's bas-relief profile on the stone. Like his contemporaries, those who followed could never agree whether he was saint or devil's apostle, infidel or genius. But, as Waco was reminded last week after almost 60 years, the words outdistanced the bullets...
...billion, and dues alone from nearly 18 million members are adding $592 million a year. Unions are now rich enough to own banks and insurance companies, finance housing and put millions in bonds and common stocks. The bulk of their worth is in welfare and pension funds. They now cover 75 million Americans and total about $51 billion. But management controls 90% of the funds, which are growing by $7 billion a year, mainly through $5 billion contributed by employers. Only $8.6 billion is in funds jointly run by union-management boards or by unions alone. Nevertheless, as a result...
...Administration, along with many fund experts, disagrees. Many experts feel that the field is far too big to leave uncontrolled (only six states have amended their insurance laws to cover the funds), and that worries about the disclosure of fund investments on the stock market have little foundation. Mutual funds, with some $10.5 billion in stocks and bonds, are required to publish their investments at least twice a year, and there has been no visible damage to the market. So far, the Administration has potent support from A.F.L.-C.I.O. President George Meany, who is in favor of full disclosure...
...theory that the more fur that is seen, the more will be bought, the industry is encouraging the wide use of fur on things other than coats. There are mink-trimmed golf tees (three for $1), a $2,045 sofa bed with pillows upholstered in mink, mink-covered highball coasters (for hostesses who wish to be "dripping in mink"), and even a telephone slip cover of mink...