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...sure, many shares: those listed for sale represented only $9,000,000 of the total $143 million equity of Fried. Krupp Hüttenwerke A.G., a recently organized coal-and-steel subsidiary that forms only a fraction of the Krupp holdings. Each of the preferred shares issued at a par value of 100 German marks ($25) carried a guaranteed annual dividend of at least 10% for the next 10 years. With such a sweetener tagged on, the Krupp shares opened at $39.75 on the West German exchanges, and at week's end were selling...
...fact that he can even play golf at all in a land where, by law, whites share the game only with whites, and nonwhites with nonwhites. Last week Sewgolum found himself the center of one of the most ludicrous episodes in the history of the sport-but about par for Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd's apartheid course...
Except for cyclists, who find that decreased air resistance can make up for the effects of decreased oxygen for as long as five minutes, a competitor in an event that lasts more than about 1½ minutes will almost certainly turn in a sub-par performance. Says Dr. Hanley: "We found that boxers in Mexico City who were used to two-minute rounds really had problems when the rounds ran three minutes...
Last month, at the White House par ty for Princess Margaret, Duchin sat at Lynda Bird's table until he had finished off his praline glace, then took his seat at the keyboard and kept Washington's ringleaders in step till...
...Charlie Brown Christmas stars all the familiar Charles Schulz cartoon characters, faithfully animated by ex-Disney Artist Bill Melendez. The par able, too, is pure Schulz. Christmas is coming, but "good oF wishy-washy" Charlie Brown doesn't "feel the way I'm supposed to feel." "Look, Charlie Brown, let's face it," explains Lucy...