Word: perlis
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...interested to know that one country in the world now has as many English-speaking readers of TIME per capita as the U.S. That country is Canada. This generous acceptance of an American news publication by another country had its beginning in 1924 (TIME'S second year of publication), when 172 copies were sold in Canada. In 1928 circulation had reached 1,000; in 1936, 9,000; today it is 108,000. These subscribers and newsstand buyers get their own edition, TIME Canadian, which is the same as TIME'S U.S. edition except for a maple leaf insigne...
...years later. By World War II, Dodero had over 300 ships, plus a choice assortment of real estate and other properties. In 1944, his war-cargoed ships alone netted him $5,600,000. But the shrewdest judgment of his career was his early recognition of Juan and Eva Per...
Truffles from Rome. He gave them diamonds and Rolls-Royces, took to wearing gold replicas of their profiles in his lapel. By the time Perón's election and inauguration were over, Don Alberto had become a permanent house guest in the presidential residence. The Perón government threw almost all its shipping contracts to him, lent him money to buy more ships, granted him many another fat favor. It went all-out on a long-ignored demand for indemnity on a Dodero ship that had been sunk by the Nazis in 1940. In addition...
Gripes in B.A. As Argentina's postwar trade boom slowed down (so far this year, exports are about one-third of 1948's), Dodero complained that the government's state-trading policies were at fault. Despite their long friendship, Perón paid him no heed. Instead, he made him a take-itor-leave-it offer to sell out to the government...
Classes will meet daily, except Saturday, from 9 to 3 p.m. in Radcliffe's Long-fellow Hall. Homework will run about two hours per...