Word: notting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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LUCIUS CLAY does not rest on his fame or his contacts (Continental has little Government business) to earn his $150,000 yearly salary. "Does he run the company?" asks a Continental executive. "I'll say he does. Not just 100% - about 106%." Clay has a photographic memory that enables...
The size of the biggest family fortune made in the get-rich-quick U.S. electronics industry was fixed last week. Only 30 minutes after being placed on the market, the first public offering of 1,000,000 shares of Transitrun Electronic Corp. at $36 each was snapped up by investors...
Delfino agreed. "The growers are right. In five years, I do not think that there will be a sheep industry in the U.S. With rising land values and labor costs, it is pretty tough for a rancher to raise a sheep and make much over $1.50 on it." Delfino, on...
At first, the defendants pleaded not guilty. Since, in case of conviction, the fact could be cited in any civil suits for triple damages, they changed their pleas to nolo contendere and threw themselves on the mercy of the court. While this is equivalent to a guilty plea, the fact...
Underwood, who was appointed 23 years ago by F.D.R. and is known as a tough man on the bench, disregarded the trustbusters' recommendations. He fined the companies $20,000 and the individuals $5,000, plus the jail sentences, saying: "In cases of this character a fine is not a...