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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...activist economic advisers, who want him to intervene more often and more forcefully in the affairs of business. At very least, the atmosphere was plainly not conducive to price increases of any kind. In San Francisco, the nation's "blue jean king," President Walter Haas of Levi Strauss & Co., had planned to raise his own prices by 3%-though he had condemned the steel price rise as "unconscionable." In one of the week's most notable non sequiturs, Haas quickly withdrew his raises because "although our business has absolutely no relation to steel, we feel that the impact...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Impact & Comment | 4/20/1962 | See Source »

...friends, unable to make her stop this pathetic exchange of treasure for indulgence, settled for finding local buyers who would pay high prices. The chief crusader, Mrs. Walter Haas, wife of the chairman of Levi Strauss & Co., bought Woman with a Hat for $20,000. Sarah, with growing compulsion, let the paintings go. When she died in 1953, so disturbed that she could not even stand the sight of her few remaining paintings, almost the entire collection had been scattered through...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Matisse's American Patrons | 3/30/1962 | See Source »

Perry B. Molinoff '62 will work as managing editor, with Jonathan M. Pynoos '64 as his associate. Also holding executive positions are John M. Schwarts '64, John R. Schwille '63, George A. Levi '63, and Rey M. MacLeod...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Collegian Review Will Make Debut | 2/28/1962 | See Source »

...bite of Loxosceles laeta (laeta, by the way, is Latin for happy, joyous, or pleasant) causes a local ulcer and deterioration of blood and muscle tissue. The condition may spread through the body. Laeta bites are not usually fatal, Levi said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Spray Conquers Museum Spiders | 2/20/1962 | See Source »

Since the spiders were discovered in December, Levi has been receiving requests for specimens from museums and arasitologists from places as far away as Australia...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Spray Conquers Museum Spiders | 2/20/1962 | See Source »

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