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Word: offs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Out of Cash. In mid-September, Jasper & Co. ran out of cash. Shareholders who had accepted the Jasper bids were not being paid off. Within three days the market value of Jasper's empire fell from $48 million to $33.5 million, and Jasper sadly announced that Grunwald had fled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BUSINESS ABROAD: The Jasper Scandal | 10/12/1959 | See Source »

They, like the rest of a small but dedicated group of economists, believe that the gold standard is the only answer to the world's present monetary problems, such as inflation and a concentration of capital. They believe that a return to the rigid fiscal discipline of the gold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE GOLD STANDARD: Should the U.S. Go Back to It? | 10/12/1959 | See Source »

The Anatomy of Love (Lux Film Cines; Kassler), an Italian film that tells five short stories, is at its best in the two that star Vittorio De Sica: as a count who has lost everything but his nobility ("I'd decided not to outlive my youth no matter how...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Italian Import | 10/12/1959 | See Source »

But Not for Me casts him as a theatrical producer, a sort of oaken image of Mike Todd. He has two phones in his car, spends an annual $785 in the barbershop and has an ex-wife (Lilli Palmer) who hovers about to protect her alimony, always remembering the anniversary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Oct. 12, 1959 | 10/12/1959 | See Source »

North by Northwest. The master's Hitchcockiest yarn in years gives a picture of the CIA that would make any real-life operative laugh his head off; nevertheless, suspense guaranteed. With Gary Grant, Eva Marie Saint and James Mason.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA,,THEATER,BOOKS: Time Listings, Oct. 12, 1959 | 10/12/1959 | See Source »

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