Word: optionable
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...another ultimatum to force French approval of EDC, but Sir Winston soothingly indicated that if France would only join in granting West German sovereignty, the U.S. and Britain would be willing to forget rearming Germany "for the time being." (And of course until Aug. 15, France still has the option of ratifying EDC, in which case the linked treaties would simultaneously go into effect...
...than 300,000 votes. Yarborough has made political hay with a deposition, recently made public, showing that Shivers made a profit of $425,000 on a Rio Grande Valley land deal within seven months in 1946 when he was a state senator. (He had paid $25,000 for an option on the land.) Last week Yarborough and Shivers appeared at a big rally at the central Texas town of Belton, and Yarborough had his say about Shivers' quick profit: "This transaction is one of the most unusual business deals ever made in Texas...
...option? The option had already expired. Was it mineral interests...
Producer Stanley Kramer attempted the almost impossible. Four studios had dropped option on the bestselling novel before Kramer picked it up, mainly because the U.S. Navy had refused approval of the picture. In return for the Navy's cooperation (Says Kramer: "I was practically in command of Pearl Harbor for five weeks"), the moviemakers had to endure some niggling at minor points. In the outcome, even the detailed 'tween-decks griping of Herman Wouk's novel has been effectively realigned into a proper topside salute to all things Navy...
...After negotiations in London (TiME, June 7), Capital Airlines President J. H. ("Slim") Carmichael, 47, flew back to the U.S. with the news that he was buying a whole fleet of British turboprop transports, expects to start operating them by next April. He bought three Vickers Viscounts, has an option on 37 more, to replace most of his Constellations, DC-3s and DC-4s. Total price: $45 million...