Word: noted
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...message was also sent to Polish students last week in connection with the creation of Wladyslaw Gomulka's national communist government. The note expressed congratulations for the goals which were realized in the change, and wished success to the students in their attempts to construct an educational system controlled from within Poland...
...factoring house, to lend $3,600,000 to Nelson. When Heller's agents came to inspect the Nelson plant and books, the officers protested that they needed no loan, were loaded with cash. But Albert had his hand-picked executive vice president, Keith Munroe, sign the Heller note when Nelson's president was sick in a hospital...
Paper Deal. In return Nelson got only an I.O.U. from Bellanca for the $3,600,000. Albert worked a slick trick to pay off the note without using any cash. He ordered Nelson's board to vote a $33-per-share dividend, even though Nelson did not have that kind of money. Since Bellanca held all but 3% of the stock, its dividend totaled just about $3,600,000. Instead of paying the dividend, Albert told Nelson to credit Bellanca with the amount. The declared but unpaid dividend would in effect cancel out the $3,600,000 debt...
...squad is in good physical shape, and Getchell did not risk injuries in yesterday's light workout. The emphasis was on fundamentals, especially kicking and passing. The line started practice on a faltering note, but ended the drill with a little more confidence and much more accurate passing. The fullbacks were strong throughout the session, and the goalies also were sharp...
...outraged to find himself and his Scribner associates pilloried in Wolfe's savage prose. And Wolfe's own turn had come when Aline Bernstein, in Three Bine Suits, gave her version of their love affair. Sounding exactly like one of his own victims, Tom wrote her a note complaining that the book would "get pawed over and whispered about by wretched, verminous little people who want to poke around, pick out identities and gloat over . . . scandalous morsels...