Word: fixes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...international control. Outright ownership and operation would remain with the nation involved--Egypt in the case of Suez, the United States in Panama, Germany in the Kiel Canal--but an independent body, similar to this country's Interstate Commerce Commission, would be chartered under the United Nations to fix maximum rates and minimum standards of operation. This body would act also as a board of arbitration for any complaints--with the General Assembly as the final appeal group...
...Massachusetts Collector Denis Delaney was convicted of bribery, served nine months. St. Louis Collector James Finnegan* had a nice way of obtaining legal retainers from firms doing business with the Government, later went to jail for 18 months. Former Assistant BIR Commissioner Daniel Bolich was convicted of conspiracy to fix a tax case. Ernest M. Schino, a deputy collector in California, was convicted (two years) of tax fraud conspiracy. So was Patrick Mooney, the BIR's chief field deputy in Nevada. In all, some 200 BIR employees were involved in misconduct charges ranging from Hatch Act violations to monumental...
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...shotters make their biggest mark with personalities as subjects (Elvis Presley, Pope Pius XII, Billy Graham, Marilyn Monroe). But the bulk of them do well on hobbies and special guidance. Sample: Your Hair-Do, How to Buy Air Conditioning, Fix-It Yourself, Complete Guide for Young Marrieds. The magazines sell from 15? to $1, take two months to produce in any quality, usually print at least 100,000 copies and live from three months to a year on the newsstands. Five publishers dominate the field, using small but expert editing and layout staffs and free-lance writers. Only the biggest...
...selling them in their own lots to make up for sagging new-car profits. A good used auto often brings a dealer as much profit as a factory-fresh '56 model. Said one Boston Ford dealer: "You take a car that we buy for $1,000. We fix it up a bit, then sell it for $1,200 to $1,250. Our profit runs $100 to $150. That's about as good as we've been doing on our new cars...