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...doctor's. On the way, she shook off Mary Ann's guiding arm. In the office, she pointed and asked: "Isn't there a scale over in that corner?" There was. The doctor tested brown-eyed Mrs. Cerra with colored and lettered charts. She had regained partial vision...
Last year, the Revenue Act of 1950 offered a partial solution to the puzzle. It permitted corporations to give executives options to buy stock at bargain prices (usually at 85% to 95% of the market price). If the executive sold the stock after holding it at least six months, his profit would be taxed at the low capital-gains rate of 25%. This meant real income for anyone in the surtax bracket. In the past year, more than 100 corporations have adopted stock option plans...
...basis of a calculation of probabilities." In planning a career, he advised, it is better to spell out "the consequences of acting on certain assumptions." Using this approach, Conant said, would lead to the conclusion that the graduating student should plan on a peaceful world, albeit one of partial mobilization...
When he was released (due to intercession by the crown prince) after 4½ months in a basement cell, Mossadeq was unable to walk. He made a partial physical recovery, but psychologically, close associates say, he still bears the injuries of his imprisonment...
...groups, says Social Research, have common denominators of both tolerance and revulsion. Viewers generally approve of commercials that are integrated into programs (Martin Kane, Private Eye; Fred Waring; The Goldbergs) because integration makes them "seem short." They are partial to salesmen who inspire confidence or amuse them (Arthur Godfrey, Sid Stone of Texaco Star Theater, Stop the Music's Dennis James). They will accept, more or less grudgingly, commercials that show them how something is done (Kraft TV Theater, Garroway-at-Large...