Word: leu
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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From Taiwan came Feng-Jang Leu, managing director of the China Artificial Fiber Corp. in Tapei, which manufactures five tons of rayon filament a day, netted some 20% on its $2,000,000 gross last year. He wants a backer with $1,000,000 to build a mill that will 'produce 15 tons a day of fiber, his raw material, thus fill his own needs and those of other Taiwan firms...
...recently as three years ago, Luca was at the top of Rumania's Communist heap-along with homely Foreign Minister Ana Pauker (also purged, demoted, and possibly awaiting trial) and Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, who is still Premier. But in 1952 the Red regime drastically devalued the Rumanian leu, thus depriving the people of most of their savings. News of the impending devaluation leaked out; party favorites and some others got rid of their old currency ahead of time. As Finance Minister, Luca took the rap. In addition, the regime now needed a villain to blame for the desperate economic...
...years, the jangle and warble of her strings was heard at Saint-Leu-La-Forêt, a green suburb of Paris where Landowska established her Ecole de Musique Ancienne. Here she lived, after her husband's death in 1919, among her 10,000 books and manuscripts, her pupils, her ancient instrument and nine dogs. Music lovers from all over the world came to her villa and concert hall. The 2 o'clock train that left Paris every Sunday for Saint-Leu, 30 minutes away, was referred to by station guards as "Mme. Landowska's train...
...fled the Nazis who looted Saint-Leu of everything she owned. She escaped to the south of France with only some photographs of Tolstoy, several sketches given her by Rodin and the clothes on her back, and went to live at Banyulssur-Mer near her friend, the sculptor, Aristide Maillol. The only instrument in her pension was a battered old upright piano. Late one night, when everyone else was in bed, she sat down and played until morning. When the proprietress came down, Landowska inquired whether her playing had disturbed her. "But no," she replied. "I do not sleep well...
Charles Livingston, a Bowdoin professor of French, has written a book in 13th century French called "Le Jongleur Gautier le Leu." He is presently in Macon, France supervising its production for the Press...