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...wrote in La Naión: "A great voice has been silenced, but its echo will continue to vibrate . . ." The Peronistas soon went to work-as they had on La Prensa-totting up a trumped-up "customs bill" of 17 million pesos that the paper was supposed to owe the government. If La Naión steps out of line, it can be expropriated by the government, which could assess the paper's value at the amount of the bill due, thus take it over without paying a cent. But La Naión has been careful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: The Price of Courage | 3/17/1952 | See Source »

Spellmans knew they were in trouble, owned up to the shortages and filed in bankruptcy. Now out on bail, Frank Spellman has a job as a truck mechanic; James is working for a construction company. CCC figures the- Spellmans owe it $316,959, including the fees paid them for storage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AGRICULTURE: The Grain Scandal (Cont'd) | 2/4/1952 | See Source »

...said that although a 12-billion-peso debt existed when he took over, Argentina "does not owe a cent to anyone" now. Fact is that Argentina owes $125 million borrowed last year from the U.S. Export-Import Bank...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARGENTINA: Under the Snow | 12/3/1951 | See Source »

Thomas S. Lamont '21 may not owe his success entirely to his work on the CRIMSON'S business board, but it helped. Business editors are part and parcel of a $100,000 going concern...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crime Opens Doors to Freshmen Tomorrow in Winter Competition | 11/27/1951 | See Source »

...sold out in a few days), but suspected that Barrie had written it himself. Since those days, The Young Visiters has sold more than 150,000 copies in Britain, some 50,000 in the U.S. There are still many who cannot be convinced that its hilariously comic effects owe nothing to mature artistry, everything to the vivid imagination of brilliant innocence. New readers may judge for themselves by trying the new edition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Small but Costly Crown | 10/22/1951 | See Source »

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