Word: got
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Gene Robertson hadn't left his room for three days. In fact, he only got out of bed to exercise (touch your toes ten times, do seven push-ups) and to eat Chinese food which his roommate brought...
...beautiful pearls; the best was nine-tenths of an inch in diameter and turned out to be worth $4,900; eight others were appraised between $3,000 and $4,000; another 100 were worth better than $1,000 apiece. For their work and know-how, the Japanese got 50% of the crop; the rest went to the Australians and the American...
...fight was some behind-the-scenes maneuvering by Alleghany's Executive Vice President David Wallace, 35, who also acts as trustee to Bob Young's estate and adviser to his widow. Wallace had advised Mrs. Young to support any future Sonnabend bid for control. When Kirby got wind of this piece of advice, the executive committee fired Wallace. Snapped Sonnabend ominously: "An act of bad faith. A violation of a gentleman's agreement to keep Wallace. I decline to serve on the board as presently constituted...
With the project separated into 44 main components and thousands of subparts, the consultants got the estimates of scientists and technicians on how long each step should take, fed the predictions into a computer, got back success-probability curves. If the machine said a certain component had only a 10% chance of being ready on time, the Navy knew it had to put more money and men behind it or find a different way to do the job. In such cases the Navy could consult the computer to find out which of a score or more shortcuts around the obstacle...