Word: lating
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Fragonard was in his late 40s when he painted the picture, but he looks ageless, and appears to have been. Someone described him in his last years as "a youth in an old skin." Doubtless he painted the little canvas flat upon his desk, while gazing into a mirror before him. At the end, he lowered his painted eyes...
...Indian government also controls all news distribution facilities, and by informing the U.S.'s Associated Press that its license will not be renewed when it expires late this month, India moved toward granting a near monopoly on the supply of foreign news. Agence France Presse got shut out when its Indian outlet, the independent United Press of India (no kin to United Press International), founded in the 1930s by leaders of the Congress freedom movement, collapsed last fall. United Press International, seeking a contract to supply Ramanath Goenka's chain, has been pointedly discouraged by the government...
...small car with a 105-110-in. wheelbase. With a slap at Chevy's rear-engine small car, Colbert said the engine in Chrysler's car will be in front, "where it belongs." But Colbert emphasized that Chrysler will not decide whether to produce its cars until "late summer," added that he would withhold public Announcement as long as possible to avoid hurting sales of 1959 Chrysler models. Said he: "If our competitors come along with a small car, we'll come right along with them-but we don't want to be the fair-headed...
Sweeten the Benefits. When V. (for Vestor) J. Skutt took over the presidency of Mutual in 1949 from the late founder Dr. C. C. Criss, he set about building up-and drastically changing-the company. South Dakota-born Skutt studied law at Omaha's Creighton University, and in 1924 entered Mutual's legal department. When he rose to president, Skutt found that nobody could keep straight the legal name, Mutual Benefit Health and Accident Association, copyrighted a nickname-Mutual of Omaha. He plugged it widely in ads, was delighted when a Buffalo, N.Y. school pupil, asked to identify...
...Captive and the Free, by Joyce Gary. Last testament by the late novelist, who believed that even disgraceful action is part of God's graceful creation...