Word: makers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Albert Moore, demonstrating the Pre-Raphaelites' influence on him. When one realizes that these works were done by the leaders of late Victorian art, he can fully appreciate the scope and importance of Beardsley's technical accomplishment. Another artistic force in Beardsley's career, the Japanese eighteenth century print-maker, Utamaro, is likewise represented with two works. However, these subtle, lyrical works tend to point up Beardsley's limited emotional attachment. The conviction which dignifies the art of Utamaro rarely can be found in the elegant, but laconic creations of the gifted Mr. Beardsley...
This year, for the first time, Cessna is forging ahead of rival Beech Aircraft ("across the street" in Wichita) as the No. 1 maker of private planes. Cessna announced first-half earnings for fiscal 1959 of $3.92 a share v. $2.45 last year, declared a 25% hike in its quarterly cash dividend to 50?. The company's conservative projection of the year's earnings: $7 a share...
Made-Up Mind? The President and party leaders considered two dozen possibles ranging from Interior Secretary Fred Seaton to Ohio's Chairman Ray Bliss to fireballing Chicago Camera Maker Charles H. Percy. Ultimate choice: Thruston (rhymes with boostin') Ballard Morton, 51, elected Kentucky's junior Senator in 1956. Husky (6 ft. 2 in., 185 lbs.) Thruston Morton, seventh-generation Kentuckian, is no politician-come-lately. He served three House terms (entered as a freshman with Congressman Richard Nixon). In 1952 he was the lone Eisenhower supporter in Kentucky's 20-man Taft-minded convention delegation. Later...
...General Development Corp. and Universal Controls, Inc. Shares of General Development, the mailorder merchandiser of Florida houses and lots (TIME, May 19), zipped from 59⅛ to 69⅝, and its success boomed the stock of a flock of lesser companies planning Florida land developments. Universal Controls, an electronics maker, moved from 84 to 97. Both stocks have more than doubled since Jan. 1. Last week Universal announced a four-for-one stock split, plus a 10% stock dividend and a boost in the yearly cash dividend from $1 to $1.20 on the present stock. General Development leaked word...
...guitar," said the instrument maker, "is yours. Take it with you through the world, and may your labors be fruitful." That was in Madrid in 1912, when the guitarist was young. Since then he has wandered the globe, playing with unparalleled passion and beauty. Last week, a vigorous 65, Andrés Segovia was celebrating his 50th season of concertizing. In Manhattan's Town Hall he demonstrated again the magic that he brings to the guitar, an instrument that, before Segovia's coming, was thought to be fit mostly for gypsies. "Segovia's guitar does not sound...