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...Melville Goodwin, Novelist Marquand's stock does not plummet, but it passes a dividend. His effort to show that Army folk are somehow different from civilians, and stronger on the simpler virtues, falls flat because his examination of Mel never gets beyond his surface manner. The old Marquand narrative skill is still there, with its painless transitions and smooth flashbacks. The talk is easy and natural, whether the talkers are Pentagon brass or radio tinhorns. But they all seem to be saying the things that better Marquand characters have said before...
...Manning into politics. As a farm boy of 17, he heard a broadcast sermon by William ("Bible Bill") Aberhart, a Calgary evangelist with a persuasive social message. Bible Bill later became premier of Alberta as head of a Social Credit party that promised to pay a $25 monthly dividend to every citizen. Manning had joined Aberhart's Prophetic Bible Institute as a student and helped his chief sell Alberta on the fuzzy Social Credit theory by stumping the province, singing hymns and reciting prayers at political rallies. When Aberhart was elected, Manning, at 26, became a cabinet minister...
...other hand, the extra dividend which G.M. paid last year was "one of the most inflationary things that General Motors had anything to do with in 1950, although there was no general criticism . . . The increase in the dividend . . . over [1949's put] approximately $176 million more purchasing power into the hands of the stockholders. An increase of 5? an hour in the G.M. wage rate, continued over a year for 400,000 people . . . only [put] $40 million in purchasing power into the hands of employees...
Father's Little Dividend. In a lively sequel to the original Spencer Tracy-Joan Bennett-Elizabeth Taylor comedy, the Father of the Bride becomes a grandfather (TIME, April...
Father's Little Dividend. In a lively sequel to the original Spencer Tracy-Joan Bennett-Elizabeth Taylor comedy, the Father of the Bride becomes a grind-father (TIME, April...