Word: knowed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Taking a routine item over the phone about a Masonic lodge meeting in Louisburg, Kans. (pop. 677). a Kansas City Starman perked up slightly when told that a jut-chinned visitor named Harry S. Truman had been present. "You know,'' said the caller, thoughtfully clarifying his report, ''he is the former Grand Master of the Masonic Lodge in Missouri...
...hour and a half," said a high Pentagon scientist last week, "the man in the satellite isn't going to know whether the re-entry system really works. That's why we need a test-pilot type-daredevil but stoic." The first stoic satellite daredevil has not yet been picked, but last week the National Aeronautics and Space Administration signed a contract (see BUSINESS) for the hollow, upholstered meteorite in which he will ride...
Other businessmen talked of renting a boat for a weekend "fishing trip with the boys," stocking the boat with girls as well as fishbait. By Monday morning, said one fishing host of his client, "you know he'll do anything to help...
More impressive still, says FTC, is the way businessmen themselves have stepped in to police retailers. Better Business Bureaus, ad agencies and manufacturers, who know that nothing destroys consumer confidence faster than a fake bargain, have distributed 500,000 copies of FTC's pricing guide-and printed thousands more at their own expense-to retailers along with strong letters urging them to comply...
Memoirs of Field-Marshal Montgomery. Among men who know field marshals best, Monty candidly picks Monty...