Word: maxed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...MAX SHULMAN Monticello...
...desert town of Touggourt, French officials and a sprinkling of carefully chosen Algerians stood in a railroad freight yard ringed by three fences of barbed wire and guarded by soldiers. "This achievement will astonish the world," said Max Lejeune, France's Minister of the Sahara. Engineers threw open the valves of a 6-in. "baby" pipeline, technicians stepped forward to fill souvenir bottles. "It's here! It's here!" shouted jubilant officials. The first oil from the Sahara was on its way to France...
...derailed 20 cars of a freight train in a psychological shock of their own. But the tracks were hastily repaired, the armed guard increased, and by week's end the first oil safely reached Philippeville for loading aboard a ship bound for France. In a few years, predicted Max Lejeune, France will be self-supporting in its oil needs, will rank as one of the world's largest oil powers...
...Max Robb, 62, was elected president of City Stores Co. in a shake-up by Philadelphia Financier Albert M. Greenfield, 70, who has controlled the sixth-ranking department and specialty-store chain for 26 years. Robb, who started at twelve as a stockboy, stepped up from heading Philadelphia's Lit Bros., biggest of the chain's eleven major links, which range from New York's Franklin Simon to New Orleans' Maison Blanche. An aggressive merchandiser, Robb will try to streamline operations while Greenfield concentrates on expanding outlets. In the six months ending last July, the chain...
...first time since the advent of TV, restrained programing of the type exploited by Max Rothman is on the upswing all over the U.S. Thanks in large part to the nation's hi-fi hysteria, the air waves now support 537 FM stations (against 521 TV stations) for the estimated 13 million sets in use. In the past two months FCC has made 22 grants for new FM stations, and 47 more are under construction. Several, like WFLN in Philadelphia, WEAW in Evanston, Ill., have expanded to AM to make their outlets better-paying propositions. Biggest single FM boom...