Word: coverly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...cover up mistakes
...crusader's zeal. He trod on many toes, was accused of being arbitrary and autocratic, of regimenting his 300 elite researchers and their supporting forces. Dr. Rhoads believed that the public must understand cancer research to support it, talked freely to the press. Subject of a TIME cover (June 27, 1949), he was photographed at the helm of his sailboat. This was what a willful band of little men in the New York County Medical Society had been waiting for. Jealous, they threatened him (always unofficially) with expulsion for publicity seeking. Though they never had the courage...
DENMARK OIL REFINERY, country's first, will be built by Tidewater Oil Co., controlled by Billionaire Jean Paul Getty (TIME Cover, Feb. 24, 1958). The $40 million refinery will be completed by early 1961, serve Denmark, Norway, Sweden, possibly Britain...
RAIL STRIKE INSURANCE pact is virtually certain of adoption by major railroad managements in preparation for negotiating the new long-term contracts in autumn. Plan is similar in principle to airlines' strike pact (TIME, Nov. 10), would insure strikebound railroads for up to $600,000 per day to cover all fixed operating expenses...
...years of fast swapping and fierce fighting, Jean Paul Getty, 66, has accumulated $1 billion (TIME cover. Feb. 24, 1958), but he wants one more thing. He has long and dearly desired to unite his sprawling Getty Oil Co. empire, wants to start by merging its two biggest satellites, Tidewater Oil Co. (65% controlled by Getty) and Skelly Oil Co. (59% controlled by Getty). The two companies have total assets of more than $1.2 billion, annual sales close to $1 billion and production of 65 million barrels...