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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...tons afloat and abuilding (v. Moore-McCormack's 400,000 tons). Though he has launched more ships than any other Greek since Helen, Niarchos is better known to gossip columnists as an international party-thrower who is so heavy with chips that he helped with the down payment when his brother-in-law-and No. 3 Independent Shipowner*-Aristotle Socrates Onassis purchased the Casino at Monte Carlo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SHIPPING: The Big N | 2/13/1956 | See Source »

...choice but to patronize the tailors in the Square. It was when he had returned to Boston, after his service in France, and was trying to get located in some position where writing was an essential, that he received a letter from a Cambridge collection agency demanding payment for two suits, made by one of the college tailors. He turned the letter over to me. I had just started law school but I knew the answer to that one. I immediately sent the agency a hot letter calling their attention to the chronological fact that Sherwood was under 21 when...

Author: By Samuel P. Sears, | Title: Sherwood: Memories Of His College Days | 2/10/1956 | See Source »

Today is the last day students can settle their term bills without incurring the ten dollar fine charged for late payment. All bills must be paid at the Harvard Trust Company or the Bursar's office, Lehman Hall. Those who have misplaced or have not received their bills should pick one up immediately at Lehman. Bills paid any time after next Friday will carry a $20 fine...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Term Bills | 2/10/1956 | See Source »

...also refused to bite last week, the only remaining buyer in sight seemed to be the department of the Somme. But the Somme's Conseil Général has already put itself on record as waiting "until the government offers us the tower for a symbolic payment of one franc...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Skyscraper at Amiens | 2/6/1956 | See Source »

...ratio, Ford at 65 is selling at eight times its 1955 earnings of $8 per share, midway between Chrysler (seven times earnings at 79⅛) and General Motors (ten times earnings at 43½). As for dividends, Ford has announced that it will start off with a first-quarter payment of 60? per share, then consider the rate to be paid for the rest of the year. If dividends are $3 per share in 1956, as many expect, Ford would pay 4.6% on its current market price, about the same as G.M. and slightly more than Chrysler...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WALL STREET: F-day | 1/30/1956 | See Source »

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