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...Elder son at present with Anglo-Iranian Oil Co., not included in sale, is waiting for nationalization's benefits to the Persians to deprive him of his livelihood, when he would undoubtedly be willing to transfer his long sea experience to the defense of Australia...
...initials on it." Don Andres Soriano not only leaves his mark on a mountain of paper work, but keeps a thumb on just about everything that moves in the Philippines. He is the islands' best-known businessman, biggest philanthropist, runs an industrial empire which provides the livelihood for 80,000 Filipino families. His enterprises' taxes (close to $30 million a year) make up 10% of the government's total tax revenue. His fortune is estimated as high as $30 million...
...union and management reckoned without Cuba's thousands of one-room cigar makers. Convinced that their livelihood was at stake, these small independents rose last week in rebellion. Many other Cubans joined in their protest. In the central province of Santa Clara, crowds seized 14 town halls, often with the enthusiastic consent of mayors and aldermen. In Placetas, 5,000 marched through the streets shouting: "Down with mechanization...
...keeping for years as a stoic man of action whose natural habitat is a daydream by Walter Mitty. But this time tight plotting, realistic backgrounds and good casting take much of the curse off the part of the synthetic tough guy who has made dangerous living into a comfortable livelihood for Actor Ladd...
...pennant races will be the latest Congressional investigation of baseball's reserve clause. The clause, binding a player to one club for the whole of his baseball career, was first seriously challenged in 1947 by returning Mexican League jumpers. They chained that they were being denied a livelihood because of the clause. At that time, Danny Gardella and others settled their cases out of court, reputedly for a fabulous sum. Baseball's moguls settled back and relaxed again...