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With his "corrected floor space" settled, the tenant turned to Schedule III and added up an arbitrary amount of floor space for "facilities and conveniences." A cold-water faucet in the hallway rated .25 square meters. Private flush toilets rated four square meters, non-flushing toilets only two. Adding up the "corrected" square meters of the three schedules and multiplying the sum by the fixed charge per meter, he arrived at his monthly rent...
Into this situation strode Mario Vargas. He was plump, but with the telltale flush still on his cheeks. He argued with his officer friends for compromise. "Things have changed," he was told. Vargas decided to go along with them. Then tanks rumbled down Caracas' narrow, hilly streets, truckfuls of steel-helmeted soldiers screeched up before Miraflores. In a matter of 30 minutes, troops had occupied every important building and intersection in the city...
Master's Master. Flush with earnings from its booming sales of television sets, Philco Corp. decided to 1) declare a 7% stock dividend; 2) expand in the home appliance field (it already makes refrigerators). Philco bought Electromaster, Inc. (electric ranges) subject to approval by Electromaster's stockholders, for 68,212½ shares of Philco stock (market price: $2,700,000). Philco will continue to sell the ranges as "Electromaster...
After more than 21 years (7,829 days) as Canada's Prime Minister, 73-year-old William Lyon Mackenzie King was bowing out. At his final press conference last week he looked ill. His lined face had a sickly flush, and the thin lock of grey hair that slipped over his right temple made him seem older than his years. His hands trembled as he toyed with the black ribbon of his pince-nez. His voice was unusually low, and sometimes he seemed to be groping for the right word...
...Labor did it," the President is reported to have said in the first flush of triumph. The Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, in proclaiming victory just before the Dewey telegram, opened his statement by acknowledging that the largest share in the results belonged to organized labor. While a more detached view will reveal that other factors were operative in producing the upset, labor leaders did work hard in the campaign and will not be bashful in claiming credit...