Word: partner
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Henry Ford's "only partner," Irish Inventor Harry Ferguson had done well. Ford produced Ferguson-designed tractors, and Harry Ferguson Inc. sold them, under an unwritten agreement based on "good faith and mutual confidence...
Last week, ex-Partner Ferguson played his last card. In New York's Federal Court, he sued Henry Ford II, Dearborn Motors Corp., the Ford Motor Co. and others for $251 million damages. He charged 1) patent infringements, and 2) conspiracy to monopolize the farm tractor and implement business. Ferguson claimed that the Ford Motor Co. had "recognized the validity [of his patents] and placed the statutory patent notice on all tractors manufactured down to June 1947." He wanted to collect triple damages on the 37,000 tractors Ford has made since the split, and other damages for having...
...Clarence House and Windlesham Moor, their country house, are ready for them, Elizabeth and Philip are staying on with the family at Buckingham Palace. Late in the week, they ducked the annual Christmas Party for the Palace servants, to dine quietly with the Duchess of Kent. For a dancing partner Elizabeth's maid, Margaret MacDonald, had to make do with King George...
...should guard the guardian of the nation's liberties, the U.S. press? The University of Chicago's Robert M. Hutchins, himself no silent partner of democracy, thought he knew the answer. As usual, his answer was irritating. He gave it last week in a speech at Rochester, N.Y.: "If you don't want Government control [or] the abuses almost inherent in the concentration of press ownership, an independent agency freely evaluating and criticizing the press's performance is the only answer...
...days later Joe Louis showed up at the opening of a new Negro nightclub. He was now a partner in a publicity outfit, and the nightclub was one of his clients. Already the owner of a soft drink called "Joe Louis Punch," the champ was thinking of going into the beer business too. What about the next fight? To a gathering of reporters, Louis announced that there would be one more bout in June, but that was all. "I had enough. I been around a long time." Joe said he'd like to fight either Joe Walcott or Light...