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...French colony for 73 years, and the 40,000 Frenchmen who remain have seen to it that French food, fashions and pharmacies are almost everywhere. For all that, no one would mistake Madagascar for France. Director of Information Flavien Renaivo describes it as "L'lle-au-Bout-du-Monde" (The Island at the End of the World). Though it lies 250 miles off East Africa, its people are largely Polynesian rather than African, and the language is related to Javanese dialects. Much of the plant and animal life is unique to the island area; lemurs and about one-half...
...House on the Strand, du Maurier...
While agreeing with Chairman Copeland that Du Pont has never wanted to go after "the fast buck," McCoy admits that some decisions should have been quicker and better. "We may have missed chances," says McCoy, but he is too well trained not to add: "We still do not believe in doing things on a crash basis. We try instead to evolve continuously and deliberately...
...less for the broadly based New York Stock Exchange composite average of all 1,287 listed companies and Standard & Poor's 500-stock average. One reason for the disparity is that the fortunes of one or two companies can greatly affect the Dow average. When Du Pont shares fell by $100 during 1966, the Dow sank 50 points. Anaconda's price fell $40 this year, costing the Dow 20 points...
...House on the Strand, du Maurier...