Word: haven
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...standing ovation from Washington's National Press Club. Matskevich had been so good at patting babies out in Iowa, said the chairman of the lunch, that "if he stays here much longer he'll be elected to the Senate." One newsman asked Matskevich about Marilyn Monroe. "I haven't seen her farm," grinned...
...will cover only 5 to 10% of losses totaling $1.6 billion. Worst hit were railroads, industrial plants, cities and houses, most of which were massively insured against every disaster but the one that struck. "There just isn't any flood insurance available." lamented a spokesman for the New Haven railroad, whose $10 million losses were among the ravaged area's heaviest...
Talbott plucked Charlie Wilson by the sleeve and rumbled: "I don't like what you said at your news conference." Frowning, Wilson began to reply in a quiet voice. Talbott interrupted brusquely: "You haven't done one thing to defend me." Then an aide called them over for pictures; smiling like wooden Indians (or Washington officials), they posed together with Quarles. Later, Talbott denied that he had made his bitter remark to Wilson, but four witnesses said that they had heard...
...life that plump, periwigged and pecunious Elihu Yale had lived by the time (1718) he dispatched a gift of ?562 worth of goods to the struggling colonial college in New Haven, Conn, was not by any means all light and verity. Yalemen have long suspected this about the onetime Governor of Madras. But being pretty true blue themselves, most have followed the advice of Historian Robert Dudley French, '10, that "loyal sons of Yale . . . not question too closely the sources of this nabob's wealth." Last week, from Warwick, England came word that someone was not only questioning...
...Rubber expanded 32%, to $19,005,463; American Can went up 10%, to $14,417,672. Western Union about doubled its six months' income, to $6,610,847, as did Pittsburgh Plate Glass, to $32,562,512. Even Pat McGinnis' New Haven Railroad, which has made many enemies among its commuters during 1955's first half, also made money: its six months' net was $5,990,461 (including $1,700,000 in tax adjustments, etc.). compared to $672,420 for the same period last year...