Word: ooo
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...epitaph for the (estimated) 20.-ooo dead of Budapest, a Hungarian in Vienna quoted a phrase from Virgil: Exoriare aliquis nostris ex ossibus ultor, which translates: "Some avenger will some time arise from our bones." The question was, when...
...Fillip. The big surge in consumer buying also sent profits soaring. Giant General Electric turned in third-quarter earnings of $47,863,000 v. $45,127,000 a year ago, and reported its most prosperous nine months ever (earnings of $160,727,000 on volume of $2,962,780,-ooo). In the third quarter General Foods' net of $10,593,632 was only fractionally higher than the $10,356,780 earned the same period a year ago, but for its six months ending Sept. 30, the company chalked up its highest-ever sales ($468,593,496) and earnings...
...Gold Showroom in Paris featuring one of the gold-plated Daimlers. As the idea grew, so did the expense, until finally Lady Docker simply had to have some gear to go with it: a gold-plated dress, a mink cape and a mink-trimmed hat. The outfit cost $20,-ooo but, said Lady Docker: "Since I was doing nothing more than acting as a model, I decided to charge it against tax." When the tax people objected, Sir Bernard tried to bill B.S.A. B.S.A. also objected, and finally Sir Bernard paid for the rig himself, but the incident rankled...
...Spot. In Dumont, N.J., three days after veteran Fireman John Carey was named chairman of a drive to raise $35,-ooo to build a new firehouse, he was arrested on charges of burning the old firehouse to the ground...
...room hotels are going up near San Juan to help the 300-room, 99%-occupied Caribe Hilton handle the expected $75 million-a-year tourist traffic. Laurance Rockefeller is putting $1,000,-ooo into a 72-room luxury hotel with an 18-hole golf course designed by famed Golf Architect Robert Trent Jones. And all over the island are the new factories...