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...added that "we do not approve of [this] kind of coercion." McLeod refused to explain personally to the press, but sent word through a spokesman that no coercion was intended: he was just so anxious to make a 100% showing that he wanted to see all noncontributors and "lend them a dollar" if necessary. This week bureau employees, fully aware of McLeod's zeal in firing department personnel, were well on their way to a 100% showing...
...around 1800, an already notorious teen-age violinist arrived in Leghorn to play a concert-with no violin. His name was Nicolo Paganini, and he had pawned his fiddle to pay off a pressing gambling debt. A wealthy merchant offered to lend him a matchless Guarneri del Gesu and, when the performance was over, refused to take it back. "The Guarneri is yours," he cried. "My hands shall never profane the violin which you have touched...
...Monsanto Chemical Co. and Massachusetts' National Research Corp. have developed a speedy new process which bypasses the intermediate step of converting ore into titanium "sponge," instead produces titanium crystals that can be melted directly into ingots. The government is about ready to let a long-term purchase contract, lend a good part of the estimated $60 million needed for a mass production plant...
...bursar's card in my shoe?" worried one bandsman. Finally, the band manager returned. "We need $250 bail. Give us what you can spare, so we can get out of here," he said. There was a simultaneous movement toward wallets. "Here's twenty, is that enough?" "I can lend five...
...museum." But at week's end the owner of the big three, an ice-cream manufacturer named Tony Crisp, still planned to sell to the highest bidder. What about Eve? She belonged to Crisp's associate, one Walter West, and he was more considerate, said he might lend Eve to London's Tate Museum. "I expect they'll be tickled pink...