Word: ownership
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Columbia in 1948, he said: "All our cherished rights-the right of free speech, free worship, ownership of property, equality before the law-all these are mutually dependent for their existence. Thus, when shallow critics denounce the profit motive inherent in our system of private enterprise, they ignore the fact that it is an economic support of every human right we possess and that, without it, all rights would soon disappear...
...Davies was prepared to give on Hearst operations. But she had no intention of trying to change present Hearst policies, and editors would probably go along with her on suggested stories on movies, entertainment, etc.-a field in which she is widely and usefully acquainted. Also, Marion Davies' ownership of 30,000 shares (15%) of Hearst Corporation preferred stock makes the former movie star one of the biggest stockholders in the empire...
...said, "The ownership of property . . . comes as a reward for work; it's no longer a passport to the good graces of the Tory Party," is the son of a surgeon and married to the daughter of the late Viscount Dawson of Penn, who used to sign George V's medical bulletins. Eccles' wife, Sybil, is dark, intelligent, and rated about the party's best woman speaker...
...most widespread illusions about this crucial election: that little really separates Tories from Socialists. In fact, there are two all-important differences: 1) the difference between the man who believes in free enterprise, and only imposes controls when he sees no alternative, and the man who believes in state ownership and planning for their own sake; 2) the presence of Nye Bevan. No one doubts the patriotism of Mr. Attlee or that of the Labor Party, and Attlee has never weakened on the defense program, but it is evident that if he returned to power he would have trouble putting...
...Manhattan last week, Federal Judge Sylvester J. Ryan handed down his decision: the defendants were guilty. Flushed with victory, the Justice Department planned to ask that Du Pont" and I.C.I. be ordered to put an end to some of their remaining links (e.g., joint ownership of five companies in South America and Canada). As a further relief, Justice wanted Du Pont to give other manufacturers royalty-free use of its patents on nylon, neoprene...