Word: ets
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Byrd's confidence seemed well grounded. Treasury Secretary George Humphrey, believes that RFC has long outlived its usefulness. Missouri's freshman Democratic Senator, Stuart Symington, the man who put RFC back on its feet after the mink coat and Lustron scandals of 1951 (TIME, Feb. 12, 1951 et seq.), is not expected to come to the agency's defense. Even enthusiastic RFC backers might go along in the liquidation if some other agency e.g., the Federal Reserve, were to take over the RFC function of small-business loans...
...Lacey) Stevens A 42-year-old Detroiter who rose from filling-station grease monkey to millionaire, Stevens was in the group that bought Manhattan's Empire State Building for $51 million a year ago "because it looked like a cheap piece of real estate" (TIME, June 4, 1951 et seq.). To him Boston is another such property...
...principal streets of the city. On her way she met Sir Walter Raleigh, who, observing her naked condition, threw his cloak about her, crying, "Honi soit qui mat y pense!', which, being translated, means: 'Thy need is greater than mine!' The Queen graciously responded, 'Dieu et mon droit!', which translated means, 'My God, you are right!' This incident is called the Magna Charta...
...obstetrician's wife who has had two out of four children "naturally," I cannot let the remarks of Drs. Mandy et al. [TIME, Jan. 19] go unchallenged. The key to their squawk about natural childbirth lies in the assertion that "tried and true methods are suffering unfairly by comparison . . ." Childbirth under anesthesia demands, I admit, less time and effort from the doctor than the natural delivery, at which he must be like a coach to an athlete in the field. When these doctors develop a more mature relationship with their patients, they will see for themselves the rewards, medical...
...thought he should have offices near the Mediterranean ports of Marseille and Genoa, where many of his ships are repaired. To Onassis, some empty buildings he had seen on a visit to Monaco looked ideal. A year ago, he approached Monaco's Societe des Bains de Mer et Cercle des Strangers (Sea Bathing Society and Foreigners Club) which controls most Monacan real estate, along with the Monte Carlo Casino. Would they rent him a building? They would...