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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...much did Dominican Dictator Rafael Trujillo pay Lawyer Morris Ernst and his associates for their report absolving Trujillo in the Galindez-Murphy murders (TIME, July 29, 1957)? The figure, as announced by the Justice Department: $562,855.39 in fees and expenses, one of the largest payoffs ever reported under the Foreign Agents Registration...
...economists consider stabilization plans only short-term, stopgap methods of straightening out world markets, are convinced that they are as harmful as farm price supports-and will work no better in the long run. Says Simon D. Strauss, vice president of American Smelting & Refining Co., the world's largest smelter and refiner of lead, zinc and copper: "Such agreements, in the short run, would restore order to the market. But, for the long run, metals restrictions are useless. They usually protect the weakest, least efficient party to the pact...
Pope Pius last week named the successor to the late Cardinal Stritch as Archbishop of Chicago-largest Roman Catholic archdiocese in the U.S. (1,942,000 Catholics). He is Albert Gregory Meyer, for five years Archbishop of Milwaukee. (New York's and TV's Bishop Fulton Sheen was rumored to have been in the running...
...domestic policy achievements of the Administration, he listed "the largest tax-cut ever; the end of wage, rent, and price controls; and a balanced budget in two years out of five...
...purpose of Phillips Brooks House is simple: to Do Good. This mission may seem somewhat naive but there are still students who--old-fashioned enough to believe in the idea of helping others--give to the organization the largest enrollment of any University extra-curricular activity...