Word: interestingly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...ready for the usual onslaught of mail from readers and new ex-readers who can't see that the selection for your cover indicates interest, not approval...
Question: "What play of Shakespeare deals with jealousy aroused by a traitor out of pure hatred?" Answer: "Othello, of course." True; but Shakespeare had also treated this subject previously, for it is the main theme of Much Ado About Nothing. And he would return to it again, with self-interest substituted for pure hatred, in Cymbeline. The material for all three variations on the theme came from earlier sources...
...complaints find their way to Stockton Helffrich, 45, who as head of the network's continuity acceptance department also wields the censor's pencil. Says Helffrich: "If every special interest were to constitute a new entry in a list of taboos, we'd have to go out of business." Helffrich, like CBS's Herbert A. Carlborg, carefully weighs each beef and tries, where justified and feasible, to do something about it. For example, he makes writers, producers and directors aware of complaint trends and of requests by such groups as the American Foundation for the Blind...
...great worry for businessmen was the mounting cost of expansion. Floating a $60 million bond issue last week cost Pacific Gas & Electric Co. more than 5% for a security Wall Streeters said would have gone for 4.8% a fortnight ago. For those unwilling-or unable-to pay top interest, the market was slim indeed. Railroad credit ratings are so low, said Pennsylvania Railroad President James M. Symes, that the roads cannot finance new equipment unless the Government helps; he suggested that the Government create an agency to buy as much as $2.5 billion worth of rolling stock, then lease...
With a personal fortune of at least $20 million in Snia Viscosa stock and other assets, Textileman Marinotti dreams of forsaking his sideline for his main interest. "Art," he says, "is the only explanation for life." He has visions of a retirement spent painting, writing poetry, cooking (favorite dish: chicken à la Strogoff) and collecting the great art of the past. But Artist Marinotti is too much of a businessman for that...