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Word: daystar (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...strong man could earn in a month delivering milk or teaching high school algebra. But last week it seemed that matters had gotten out of hand. Spyros Skouras, the sovereign lord of 20th Century-Fox, had summoned Writer-Producer-Director Leslie Stevens to a staff lunch. Stevens, whose Daystar Corp. forms a powerful fealty under the Skouras fief, sent a proxy, and Skouras, growing wroth at the breach of fealty, canceled Fox's contract with Daystar. Said Stevens, jousting back with a $5,877,500 damage suit: "The noon meeting of March 22 may well turn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Apr. 21, 1961 | 4/21/1961 | See Source »

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