Word: detroits
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Gambit. In Clearwater, Fla., Wallis Cady, who has been playing chess-by-mail for 18 months with Ray Pearson of Detroit, wrote to remind Pearson that he had not made a move in seven months, soon got a note from Detroit, saying "I thought it was your move...
WHEREVER he went-and, as it turned out, whatever he said-Anastas Mikoyan got rave notices from his cold-war-weary U.S. audiences. "Forthright," was the word used by Detroit industrialists after lunch with Mikoyan. "Refreshingly frank," glowed a U.S. State Department official. But cold print throws another light on Mikoyan's forthrightness and frankness. Traveling quote by quote with Anastas Mikoyan...
...lighter woods plus new materials and vivid fabrics. The industry is also bringing out a whole new line of "wall-hung" units-bookcases, hi-fi cabinets, cupboards, etc. Even children's furniture is being upgraded after 30 years of standard pink and blue finishes. Big Manhattan, Chicago and Detroit stores are laying in heavy stocks of specially designed children's furniture, scaled down in size from adult pieces...
...from the Depression into a second fortune even bigger than the first. With the financial help of RFC, Eaton diverted an Ontario river and drained a lake to get his huge Steep Rock iron-ore mine working, went back into steel by forming Portsmouth Steel Corp. with holdings in Detroit Steel and Cleveland-Cliffs Iron, helped that other great RFC beneficiary, Henry J. Kaiser, bankroll his ill-fated auto venture. Then, at a critical moment, Eaton backed out of a deal to underwrite $11.7 million worth of new Kaiser stock. (The court fight lasted four years; characteristically. Cy Eaton...
...Sale of the News leaves Knight with four papers: the Akron Beacon-Journal (circ. 163,191), Detroit Free Press (463,469), Miami Herald (270,573) and Charlotte (N.C.) Observer...