Word: gracing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Chou En-lai of Peking moved through Europe with the relaxed grace of a conqueror. He savored pâté de foie gras and raspberries with Mendès-France; he sipped wine with three Chinese actresses and an Occidental jester, Charlie Chaplin...
...MERGER is being worked out between W. R. Grace Co., which is diversifying, and Dewey & Almy Chemical Co. ($26 million assets), producer of plastic food bags, synthetic rubber, etc. Dewev & Almy's 913,898 shares of stock (over-the-counter value: $35) will probably be traded share-for-share for Grace shares, selling...
...this time the moviegoer is about to drop his eyeballs out the window, and Hitchcock starts to tease. The photographer's girl friend (Grace Kelly), a high-fashion publicist, runs a pretty French seam of kisses down the Stewart profile; the ballerina in the lower-left corner of the camera's eye further cuts the sleuthing down to thighs; and the newlyweds in the third floor across the way keep threatening to dramatize every old joke about newlyweds. The beauty of it is that all Hitchcock's pandering is done with such wit and grace that...
...their winning performance when he got back, established him as a big-leaguer with a promising future. "A natural-born ballplayer," said Leo Durocher. In the case of Mays, Durocher was close to the literal truth. Willie's father, Willie Sr., was called "Kitty Cat" for his lithe grace as outfielder and lead-off hitter for the Black Barons of the Negro National League, until he quit the game in 1948 (at the age of 37). Willie was only 14 months old when Willie Sr. began teaching him the game. Every afternoon the father would come home from...
Trade Mission. Guided tours for businessmen seeking Latin American markets are being sponsored by Pan American-Grace Airways. The 30-day, 13,500-mile trips are being scheduled to give executives time to look over markets and line up distributors in Rio de Janeiro, Montevideo, Buenos Aires, Santiago, La Paz, Lima, Quito, Panama City, etc. Price: about...