Word: fat
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...directors* unless they choose to give up their Du Pont positions. Altogether, said the court, these restrictions will amply satisfy the Supreme Court's charge to him to "eliminate the effects" of the Du Pont-G.M. tie. Wrote LaBuy, in the meat of a fat (101 pages) decision: "Nothing would support the conclusion that Du Font's possession of the bare legal title to G.M. stock would create any possibility that the stock would have any influence on the practices or policies...
...stood there with a fat cigar in his mouth he was almost as surprised as I. I put out my hand, which he shook firmly, and I told him that he looked more tired than when I saw him at Harvard, which may or may not have been true, but which gained his attention for the moment. He admitted to keeping late hours since his American tour in April...
...that a song is a theatrical play"). For a time, Yves sang the Communist line, appeared at party rallies, specialized in social-protest numbers. But politics, he now believes, is not his line-possibly because he owns a chateau in Normandy, drives a $25,000 Bentley and reaps a fat profit from stage appearances and films (his latest: Where the Hot Wind Blows with Gina Lollobrigida). The mesmeric effect he has on females of all ages only occasionally bothers his wife, Cinemactress Simone (Room at the Top] Signoret. "When it gets too boring," says she, "and a woman...
...series of shock waves at the rate of 35,000 per minute. These shock waves, traveling through the water, break open the cells in much the way that a depth charge can crack a submarine's hull, and the cell's contents-mostly water, protein, and fat or oil-spill out. The slurry is passed through a screen and centrifuge to remove fibrous material and insoluble carbohydrates. Then the protein is separated from the oil by commercial solvents, and dried. The result is a white, odorless, tasteless powder, which can be baked in bread or added to almost...
Culling Competition. The expansion has some alley operators worried. With fat profits (often 13% return on investment after taxes and a ten-year amortization of invested capital) have come new alley operators to share in bowling's bonanza. In some metropolitan centers such as Chicago, Detroit and New York City, bowling alleys have been overbuilt. Los Angeles, with eight bowling centers in a 3½-mile radius, has been faced with bowling price wars. But the national average is still one lane for every 1,900 people, and bowling proprietors feel that one lane per 1,500 population...